best small database?

[Alex Martelli]

Thorsten Kampe <thorsten at thorstenkampe.de> wrote:

> * John Salerno (2006-09-11 19:58 +0100)
> > Thorsten Kampe wrote:
> > 
> >> But sqlite is not "pure Python" because it's just a wrapper around
> >> sqlite (which has to be installed separately)...
> > 
> > But that's the point. Once 2.5 is released, sqlite is built-in. Unless
> > there's more to it that I don't know, and something must still be 
> > installed? But that makes no sense.
> 
> I was under the impression that you still have to install the sqlite
> executable but that's only for compiling from source: "If you're
> compiling the Python source yourself, note that the source tree
> doesn't include the SQLite code, only the wrapper module."

You don't _need_ to install the SQlite executable[s] -- maybe the
_libraries_, unless they come bundled w/your Python distro (typically
the case on Win and Mac, but some "sumo distros" for other OSs may
choose to do the same).


Alex