python connection to mssql from windows box

[Graeme Matthew]

look at the ODBTP page I think ther eis a python wrapper for it

:-)
"Josh Close" <narshe at gmail.com> wrote in message 
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> On Thu, 30 Sep 2004 09:09:05 +0100, Tim Golden
> <tim.golden at viacom-outdoor.co.uk> wrote:
>> I think you're asking for this:
>>
>> http://www.object-craft.com.au/projects/mssql/
>>
>> (which, by the way, is the first non-mailing-list result
>> Google gives for python mssql)
>>
>> TJG
>
> Google? What's that?
>
> I use the Sybase module by object-craft for linux/python connections
> to mssql, and I refuse to use the mssql module due to these things
> listed on the main mssql page.
>
> There are a few things that do not work - the work still has not been 
> done.
>
>    * Almost no testing has been performed - if you use the module you
> will be a pioneer.
>    * You cannot send parameters to Cursor.execute() - for the moment
> you must format an SQL expression with the parameters inline.
>    * On Windows the Cursor.callproc() method does not work. Some guru
> will have to figure out what is going wrong (i.e. not me). You can
> achieve the same result by simply using Cursor.execute(). For example:
>
> c = db.cursor()
> c.execute('sp_help titles')
>
>    * The state machine for the Cursor class is quite hokey. It
> returns COMPUTE rows in their own result set. At some stage this will
> be cleaned up.
>    * The Connection.commit() and Connection.rollback() methods have
> not been implemented.
>
>
> So basically it *kind of* works, but not well. I'm talking about
> native windows module that uses the client tools api. Maybe ADO will
> be the best thing for me. I've seen some problems with that too
> though...... man I hate mssql.
>
> -Josh