(in memory) database

[Cameron Laird]

In article <mailman.297.1220190030.3487.python-list at python.org>,
Fredrik Lundh  <fredrik at pythonware.com> wrote:
>mark wrote:
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>> Unfortunately I have only some knowledge of SQLite which is not an
>> option here.
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>why is sqlite not an option?  it's is bundled with Python these days, 
>and should be available (or trivial to install) on all major deployment 
>platforms.
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Yes and no.  My own experience with Debian packages is that with a
standard
  apt-get install python2.5
an attempt to 
  import sqlite3
results in
  ImportError: No module named _sqlite3
that is, <URL: https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=228733 >.
I recognize the error was resolved nearly two years ago,
but I, for one, don't understand how to express the resolution in
terms of Debian packages.  Is there a way to install Python and have
it manage SQLite3 correctly withOUT configuring recent sources "by
hand"?