SQL Server

[David Fraser]

Steve Holden wrote:
> yuba at cyberback.com wrote:
> 
>> Greetings, All-
>>
>> About 2 months ago I was laid off and in the process of being walked 
>> to the door I lost most of my Python tips and tricks.  Looks like I'm 
>> back on the air with a great job and am ready to start coding again.  
>> I'd like to know what I have to do to connect to a Microsoft SQL 
>> server database.  I did it at my old job but forgot the process.
>>
>> Thanks for your help.  BTW, I'm the first full-time programmer in this 
>> particular shop and they are quite interested in using Python as their 
>> language of choice!  This could be a lot of fun.
>>
> Congratulations on seeing a wage packet again!
> 
> Easiest would be to use mxODBC (downloadable from www.egenix.com, but 
> don't forget to buy a license if you are using it commercially).
> 
> regards
>  Steve

I reckon its easier to use ADO. pyado.sourceforge.net or 
jtoolkit.sourceforge.net have tools to do this but are GPL

David