anyway to create a table-like object?

[Wensui Liu]

Dear all,

is there a way to create a 2-dimension-table-like object such that I
can reference a whole column directly using something like :
mytable.column1 ?

by the way, can python be used for database programming to pull large
volume data (hundred M or even several Gs) out of large database and
do data manipulation and reporting ? if yes, how is the speed and
efficiency ?

thanks.

wensui