Truly platform-independent DB access in Python?

[Boris Dušek]

skip at pobox.com wrote:
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> So, if what you were really asking was "what SQL databases can I access
> without installing any software other than Python?", then the answer is "No
> SQL databases were distributed with Python prior to 2.5.  Starting with
> Python 2.5, access to sqlite databases is available by default."  Python 2.5
> is due out soon (according to PEP 356, on 12 September).

So I finally decided to go with sqlite, compile the module myself for
the time being and hoping python will be upgraded to 2.5 at latest at
the same time as any potential OS (or architecture) upgrade.