HTSQL 2.0-FINAL : A Query Language for the Accidental Programmer

[Clark C. Evans]

We'd like to announce the final release of HTSQL 2.0,
a novel approach to querying a relational database,
which is neither an ORM nor raw SQL.

HTSQL is a URI-based high-level query language and web 
service gateway for relational databases.  HTSQL is
implemented as a WSGI component and could be used to 
embed ad-hoc reporting in your Python application.

Homepage: http://htsql.org
Download: http://pypi.python.org/pypi/HTSQL/
Source: http://bitbucket.org/prometheus/htsql

At this point, HTSQL 2.0 may not be mature enough for 
production use; we expect to fill in any remaining gaps 
in the coming months.  The current release supports
SQLite and PostgreSQL.  

We're curious what you think.  See you at PyCon 2011,
http://us.pycon.org/2011/schedule/sessions/264/

Clark C. Evans & Kirill Simonov


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HTSQL -- A Query Language for the Accidental Programmer
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HTSQL ("Hyper Text Structured Query Language") is a
high-level query language for relational databases.   
The target audience for HTSQL is the accidental 
programmer -- one who is not a SQL expert, yet needs
a usable, comprehensive query tool for data access 
and reporting.  

HTSQL is also a web service which takes a request via
HTTP, translates it into a SQL query, executes the
query against a relational database, and returns the
results in a format requested by the user agent (JSON,
CSV, HTML, etc.).

Use of HTSQL with open source databases (PostgreSQL,
MySQL, SQLite) is royalty free under BSD-style
conditions.  Use of HTSQL with proprietary database
systems (Oracle, Microsoft SQL) requires a commercial
license. See ``LICENSE`` for details.

For installation instructions, see ``INSTALL``.  For
list of new features in this release, see ``NEWS``.
HTSQL documentation is in the ``doc`` directory. 

    http://htsql.org/
        The HTSQL homepage

    http://htsql.org/doc/showcase.html
        Get taste of HTSQL

    http://htsql.org/doc/tutorial.html
        The HTSQL tutorial

    http://bitbucket.org/prometheus/htsql
        HTSQL source code

    irc://irc.freenode.net#htsql
        IRC chat in #htsql on freenode

    http://lists.htsql.org/mailman/listinfo/htsql-users
        The mailing list for users of HTSQL

HTSQL is copyright by Prometheus Research, LLC.  HTSQL
is written by Clark C. Evans <cce at clarkevans.com> and
Kirill Simonov <xi at resolvent.net>.

Generous support for HTSQL was provided by the Simons
Foundation. This material is also based upon work
supported by the National Science Foundation under
Grant #0944460.