SQLObject 0.8.1

[Larry Bates]

Oleg Broytmann wrote:
> Hello!
> 
> I'm pleased to announce the 0.8.1 release of SQLObject.
> 
> 
> What is SQLObject
> =================
> 
> SQLObject is an object-relational mapper.  Your database tables are described
> as classes, and rows are instances of those classes.  SQLObject is meant to be
> easy to use and quick to get started with.
> 
> SQLObject supports a number of backends: MySQL, PostgreSQL, SQLite, and
> Firebird.  It also has newly added support for Sybase, MSSQL and MaxDB (also
> known as SAPDB).
> 
> 
> Where is SQLObject
> ==================
> 
> Site:
> http://sqlobject.org
> 
> Development:
> http://sqlobject.org/devel/
> 
> Mailing list:
> https://lists.sourceforge.net/mailman/listinfo/sqlobject-discuss
> 
> Archives:
> http://news.gmane.org/gmane.comp.python.sqlobject
> 
> Download:
> http://cheeseshop.python.org/pypi/SQLObject/0.8.1
> 
> News and changes:
> http://sqlobject.org/News.html
> 
> 
> What's New
> ==========
> 
> News since 0.8.0
> ----------------
> 
> * Documentation updates
> 
> Small Features
> --------------
> 
> * For MySQLdb 1.2.2+ call ping(True) on the connection to allow
>   autoreconnect after a timeout.
> 
> Bug Fixes
> ---------
> 
> * Another round of changes to create/drop the tables in the right order
>   in the command-line client `sqlobject-admin`.
> 
> * Fixed a bug in UnicodeField - allow comparison with None.
> 
> * ID columns are reverted back from INT UNSIGNED to INT for MySQL to be in
>   accord with FOREIGN KEYs.
> 
> * Fixed return value from Firebird/MaxdbConnection.createTable().
> 
> * Fixed and simplified DatabaseIndex.get().
> 
> * Fixed ConnectionHub.doInTransaction() - close low-level connection on
>   commit() to prevent connections leaking.
> 
> For a more complete list, please see the news:
> http://sqlobject.org/News.html
> 
> Oleg.

WOW!  Went from 0.7.4 to 0.8.1 in the span of only 23 minutes!

-Larry