Hello List, Is there any interest in writing python bindings for libDBI?
I've been pondering over the idea of a pyDBI for a while now. The advantages of a scriptable interface to libDBI should be obvious. But it goes without saying that having such a binding could make for some very versatile Web apps. In combination with projects like Pyro ( http://www.xs4all.nl/~irmen/pyro3/ ), (Java RMI equivalent for Python) one could have a very powerful network capable database independent SQL interface. A layman's ODBC. This would in essence allow anyone to create a "libdbi server" of sorts. Accessible from any desktop or web server that has python support. I'm planning on hacking away at it in my free time. libDBI is a very straightforward library and as such, I plan to keep my pydbi simple as well. Not that I have much python expertise to complicate matters in the first place. An almost straight pass through from C to Python, with cython taking care of most data type conversions. Here is the git repo I'm using: git clone git://pydbi.git.sourceforge.net/gitroot/pydbi/pydbi Here is a link the git web interface if you do not have git installed: http://pydbi.git.sourceforge.net/git/gitweb.cgi?p=pydbi/pydbi;a=tree There is a little test program called test.py in the repo you can try out. You will need the Python dev files and cython to build the pydbi module. Both available from distro repositories. cython is only a compile time dependency $ apt-get install python2.6-dev cython Cheers, Vikram. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Special Offer-- Download ArcSight Logger for FREE (a $49 USD value)! Finally, a world-class log management solution at an even better price-free! Download using promo code Free_Logger_4_Dev2Dev. Offer expires February 28th, so secure your free ArcSight Logger TODAY! http://p.sf.net/sfu/arcsight-sfd2d _______________________________________________ libdbi-users mailing list libdbi-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/libdbi-users
