Before commiting to a RDBMS take a look at Gadfly. Depending on what you need a RDB for, (light duty), or (heavy duty) take a look at gadfly. Gadfly is made from all python code.
Use stardard SQL statements like Select, Create and Drop Tables, etc. Newest version GadflyB5 http://gadfly.sourceforge.net/ jim-on-linux http://www.inqvista.com On Saturday 02 December 2006 11:33, Thomas Bartkus wrote: > On Fri, 01 Dec 2006 23:04:37 -0800, vbgunz wrote: > > Hello all, > > > > I've studied Python and studied PostgreSQL. > > What is the absolute next best step to take > > to merge these two finely together? I've > > heard of SQLAlchemy and some others but > > before I dive in, I would really like the > > opinion of those who tried it and other > > toolkits. > > > > My main concern is, I would like to > > completely work with a database from Python. > > What would you suggest I look into? > > Let me venture that the biggest problem most > people seem to have is that they endure great > pain just to avoid learning SQL. SQL is a > complete programming language in and of itself > with a breadth and depth that most people miss. > And it covers much terrain missed by Python. > Which is a good thing because SQL and Python > are perfect together. With this language mix > you've got darn near everything licked. > > Get SQL in your head and all you will need > would be the db-api interface with Postgres > that Frederick Lundh pointed you to. All you > want to do is throw SQL commands at Postgres > and recover result sets into Python. > > It's a cinch. > Thomas Bartkus -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list