SQL Server 2008R2 databases via Python 2.7 and Windows XP and higher

2011-06-17 Thread python
Looking for some real-world advice on what is the best way to access MS SQL Server 2008R2 databases via Python 2.7 running under Windows XP, Vista, and Windows 7 and Windows Server 2005 and 2008. Based on my research, here's my list of choices: mxODBC [1]http://www.egenix.com/products/python

Re: SQL Server 2008R2 databases via Python 2.7 and Windows XP and higher

2011-06-17 Thread Tim Golden
On 17/06/2011 16:01, pyt...@bdurham.com wrote: Looking for some real-world advice on what is the best way to access MS SQL Server 2008R2 databases via Python 2.7 running under Windows XP, Vista, and Windows 7 and Windows Server 2005 and 2008. Based on my research, here's my list of choices

Re: SQL Server 2008R2 databases via Python 2.7 and Windows XP and higher

2011-06-17 Thread Ethan Furman
pyt...@bdurham.com wrote: Looking for some real-world advice on what is the best way to access MS SQL Server 2008R2 databases via Python 2.7 running under Windows XP, Vista, and Windows 7 and Windows Server 2005 and 2008. Based on my research, here's my list of choices: mxODBC http

Re: SQL Server 2008R2 databases via Python 2.7 and Windows XP and higher

2011-06-17 Thread Michiel Overtoom
On Jun 17, 2011, at 17:01, pyt...@bdurham.com wrote: Looking for some real-world advice on what is the best way to access MS SQL Server 2008R2 databases via Python 2.7 running under Windows XP, Vista, and Windows 7 and Windows Server 2005 and 2008. I use the COM interface to ADO, for a few

[issue8504] bsddb databases in python 2.6 are not compatible with python 2.5 and are slow in python 2.6

2010-04-23 Thread Tim Lyons
databases in python 2.6 are not compatible with python 2.5 and are slow in python 2.6 type: crash versions: Python 2.6 ___ Python tracker rep...@bugs.python.org http://bugs.python.org/issue8504

[issue8504] bsddb databases in python 2.6 are not compatible with python 2.5 and are slow in python 2.6

2010-04-23 Thread Martin v . Löwis
Martin v. Löwis mar...@v.loewis.de added the comment: Jesus, any idea? -- assignee: - jcea nosy: +jcea, loewis ___ Python tracker rep...@bugs.python.org http://bugs.python.org/issue8504 ___

[issue8504] bsddb databases in python 2.6 are not compatible with python 2.5 and are slow in python 2.6

2010-04-23 Thread Jesús Cea Avión
Jesús Cea Avión j...@jcea.es added the comment: The database compatibility is dictated by the underlying Berkeley DB library used. Reporter, please do this: (asuming you are using bsddb lib in the standard lib, not external project pybsddb) 1. Open a python2.5 shell. 2. import bsddb 3.

[issue8504] bsddb databases in python 2.6 are not compatible with python 2.5 and are slow in python 2.6

2010-04-23 Thread Peter Landgren
Peter Landgren peter.tal...@telia.com added the comment: I could add what I have found using bsddb in Python 2.5 and 2.6 under Windows XP SP3. In my installation: Python 2.5.4 bsddb 4.4.5.3 Python 2.6.4 bsddb 4.7.3 What I did: In Gramps imported an XML backup file to a empty bsddb database. It

[issue8504] bsddb databases in python 2.6 are not compatible with python 2.5 and are slow in python 2.6

2010-04-23 Thread Jesús Cea Avión
Jesús Cea Avión j...@jcea.es added the comment: I need to know the Berkeley DB version you are using in python 2.5, 2.6, both with bsddb and pybsddb (bsddb3). Also, I would need a testcase I can try without installing Gram myself. -- ___ Python

[issue8504] bsddb databases in python 2.6 are not compatible with python 2.5 and are slow in python 2.6

2010-04-23 Thread Peter Landgren
Peter Landgren peter.tal...@telia.com added the comment: Requested data on my Windows box: Python 2.5 bsddb 4.4.5.3 4.4.20 Python 2.6 bsddb 4.7.3 4.7.25 Python 2.6 bsddb 4.8.4 4.8.26 OK? -- ___ Python tracker rep...@bugs.python.org

[issue8504] bsddb databases in python 2.6 are not compatible with python 2.5 and are slow in python 2.6

2010-04-23 Thread Peter Landgren
Peter Landgren peter.tal...@telia.com added the comment: Maybe I should add that there is no speed degradation between 2.5 and 2.5 when doing the same thing in Linux. -- ___ Python tracker rep...@bugs.python.org http://bugs.python.org/issue8504

[issue8504] bsddb databases in python 2.6 are not compatible with python 2.5 and are slow in python 2.6

2010-04-23 Thread Jesús Cea Avión
Jesús Cea Avión j...@jcea.es added the comment: Peter, and which Berkeley DB versions are used in Linux?. -- ___ Python tracker rep...@bugs.python.org http://bugs.python.org/issue8504 ___

[issue8504] bsddb databases in python 2.6 are not compatible with python 2.5 and are slow in python 2.6

2010-04-23 Thread Peter Landgren
Peter Landgren peter.tal...@telia.com added the comment: In Linux it is: 4.4.5.3 (4, 6, 21) You asked for a test case. I'm not sure how I can provide one without you having Gramps installed to test it. Do you mean the whole database environment? --

[issue8504] bsddb databases in python 2.6 are not compatible with python 2.5 and are slow in python 2.6

2010-04-23 Thread Tim Lyons
Tim Lyons guy.lin...@gmail.com added the comment: On Mac OS X,I get tim$ python Python 2.5.5 (r255:77872, Mar 21 2010, 22:08:39) [GCC 4.0.1 (Apple Computer, Inc. build 5367)] on darwin Type help, copyright, credits or license for more information. import bsddb print bsddb.__version__,

[issue8504] bsddb databases in python 2.6 are not compatible with python 2.5 and are slow in python 2.6

2010-04-23 Thread Peter Landgren
Peter Landgren peter.tal...@telia.com added the comment: To make it 100% clear: The versions are almost the same for Linux and Windows. Python 2.5Python 2.6 Windows 4.4.5.3 (4, 6, 20)4.7.3 (4.7.25) Linux4.4.5.3 (4, 6, 21)4.7.3 (4.7.25) --

[issue8504] bsddb databases in python 2.6 are not compatible with python 2.5

2010-04-23 Thread Martin v . Löwis
report; anybody interested in them should create a separate bug report. One bug per bug report, please. -- title: bsddb databases in python 2.6 are not compatible with python 2.5 and are slow in python 2.6 - bsddb databases in python 2.6 are not compatible with python 2.5

[issue8504] bsddb databases in python 2.6 are not compatible with python 2.5

2010-04-23 Thread Martin v . Löwis
Martin v. Löwis mar...@v.loewis.de added the comment: I just noticed that Tim reports in msg104030 that the original problem is resolved. So I'm closing this report as fixed. If you create a new one on the performance issue, please make sure to include a repeatable test case, with

[issue8504] bsddb databases in python 2.6 are not compatible with python 2.5

2010-04-23 Thread Martin v . Löwis
Changes by Martin v. Löwis mar...@v.loewis.de: -- resolution: - invalid status: open - closed ___ Python tracker rep...@bugs.python.org http://bugs.python.org/issue8504 ___

Databases with python

2007-04-13 Thread Anthony Irwin
Hi All, I am interested in playing with python some more and am looking at writing an app with data stored in a database. I have experience with mysql but thought that their may be other better databases that can be more easily distributed with the program does anyone have any suggestions

Re: Databases with python

2007-04-13 Thread WEINHANDL Herbert
Anthony Irwin wrote: Hi All, I am interested in playing with python some more and am looking at writing an app with data stored in a database. I have experience with mysql but thought that their may be other better databases that can be more easily distributed with the program does

Re: Databases with python

2007-04-13 Thread hugonz
On Apr 13, 1:02 am, Anthony Irwin [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi All, I am interested in playing with python some more and am looking at writing an app with data stored in a database. I have experience with mysql but thought that their may be other better databases that can be more easily

Re: Databases with python

2007-04-13 Thread John Salerno
Anthony Irwin wrote: Also is wxpython the best cross platform gui library it seems to be the best I have seen so far. IMO, it's an extremely mature and well-supported library. I have no experience with others (except a brief stint with Tkinter) but the consensus I hear seems to be that

Re: Using Databases in Python

2006-04-29 Thread Steve Holden
Dennis Lee Bieber wrote: On Fri, 28 Apr 2006 21:29:32 +0100, Steve Holden [EMAIL PROTECTED] declaimed the following in comp.lang.python: Dennis Lee Bieber wrote: Given that his web-site implies that he does these for a living, it may not be a publicly available item. Nah, he's a

Re: Using Databases in Python

2006-04-29 Thread Petr Jakes
Thank you very much, Steve. Petr Jakes -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

Re: Using Databases in Python

2006-04-29 Thread Steve Holden
Petr Jakes wrote: Thank you very much, Steve. Happy to oblige. You did me a favor, as I had promised the students I would put the notes up on the net. Must remember to include them in the permanent site build process now :-) regards Steve -- Steve Holden +44 150 684 7255 +1 800 494

Using Databases in Python

2006-04-28 Thread Petr Jakes
I would like to know if anybody can point me to the site, where it is possible to find the tutorial Using Databases in Python which is mentioned by Steve Holden here: http://tinyurl.com/ectj8 Thanks Petr Jakes -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

Re: Using Databases in Python

2006-04-28 Thread BartlebyScrivener
It might be in his book, Python Web Programming, or just go to http://www.holdenweb.com/ and ask him yourself using the contact form. He's a generous contributor here. rick -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

Re: Using Databases in Python

2006-04-28 Thread Petr Jakes
I have got Steven's book of course (it is excellent IMHO). I was just thinking some new approaches can be found in the tutorial. Petr Jakes -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

Re: Using Databases in Python

2006-04-28 Thread Steve Holden
Dennis Lee Bieber wrote: On 28 Apr 2006 08:20:35 -0700, Petr Jakes [EMAIL PROTECTED] declaimed the following in comp.lang.python: I would like to know if anybody can point me to the site, where it is possible to find the tutorial Using Databases in Python which is mentioned by Steve Holden

Re: Databases and python

2006-02-20 Thread Bryan Olson
Dan Stromberg wrote: I've been putting a little bit of time into a file indexing engine [...] To solve the O.P.'s first problem, the facility we need is an efficient externally-stored multimap. A multimap is like a map, except that each key is associated with a collection of values, not just a

Re: Databases and python

2006-02-17 Thread Jonathan Gardner
About the filename ID - word ID table: Any good database (good with large amounts of data) will handle the memory management for you. If you get enough data, it may make sense to get bothered with PostgreSQL. That has a pretty good record on handling very large sets of data, and intermediate sets

Re: Databases and python

2006-02-17 Thread Jonathan Gardner
About indexes everywhere: Yes, you don't have to be a DB expert to know that indexes everywhere is bad. But look at this example. There are really two ways that the data is going to get accessed in regular use. Either they are going to ask for all files that have a word (most likely) or they are

Re: Databases and python

2006-02-17 Thread Dan Stromberg
On Thu, 16 Feb 2006 10:09:42 +0100, Rene Pijlman wrote: Dan Stromberg: is there a python database interface that would allow me to define a -lot- of tables? Like, each word becomes a table, and then the fields in that table are just the filenames that contained that word. Give ZODB a try.

Re: Databases and python

2006-02-17 Thread Bryan Olson
Dan Stromberg wrote: Bryan Olson wrote: [...] Well, you could use simple files instead of fancy database tables. That's an interesting thought. Perhaps especially if australopithecine were saved in a filename like: ~/indices/au/st/ra/lo/pi/th/ec/in/e Right, though the better

Re: Databases and python

2006-02-17 Thread Dan Stromberg
On Fri, 17 Feb 2006 12:32:52 +0100, Rene Pijlman wrote: Dan Stromberg: My first attempt would be: a BTree with the word as key, and a 'list of filenames' as value. http://www.zope.org/Wikis/ZODB/FrontPage/guide/node6.html#SECTION00063 This is basically what I'm doing now,

Re: Databases and python

2006-02-17 Thread Rene Pijlman
Dan Stromberg: Rene Pijlman: Right. My second attempt would be: a BTree with the word as key, and a BTree of filenames as value Would ZODB let me do that? Yes. I'm puzzled, because: d1={} d={} d[d1] = '' TypeError: dict objects are unhashable This is using a dict as _key_, whereas I

Databases and python

2006-02-16 Thread Dan Stromberg
I've been putting a little bit of time into a file indexing engine in python, which you can find here: http://dcs.nac.uci.edu/~strombrg/pyindex.html It'll do 40,000 mail messages of varying lengths pretty well now, but I want more :) So far, I've been taking the approach of using a single-table

Re: Databases and python

2006-02-16 Thread Rene Pijlman
Dan Stromberg: is there a python database interface that would allow me to define a -lot- of tables? Like, each word becomes a table, and then the fields in that table are just the filenames that contained that word. Give ZODB a try. http://www.zope.org/Wikis/ZODB/FrontPage

Re: Databases and python

2006-02-16 Thread bruno at modulix
Jonathan Gardner wrote: I'm no expert in BDBs, but I have spent a fair amount of time working with PostgreSQL and Oracle. It sounds like you need to put some optimization into your algorithm and data representation. I would do pretty much like you are doing, except I would only have the

Re: Databases and python

2006-02-16 Thread Dan Stromberg
On Thu, 16 Feb 2006 13:45:28 +, Bryan Olson wrote: Dan Stromberg wrote: I've been putting a little bit of time into a file indexing engine [...] So far, I've been taking the approach of using a single-table database like gdbm or dbhash [...] and making each entry keyed by a word, and

Re: Databases and python

2006-02-16 Thread Dan Stromberg
On Wed, 15 Feb 2006 23:37:31 -0800, Jonathan Gardner wrote: I'm no expert in BDBs, but I have spent a fair amount of time working with PostgreSQL and Oracle. It sounds like you need to put some optimization into your algorithm and data representation. I would do pretty much like you are

Re: Databases and python

2006-02-15 Thread Jonathan Gardner
I'm no expert in BDBs, but I have spent a fair amount of time working with PostgreSQL and Oracle. It sounds like you need to put some optimization into your algorithm and data representation. I would do pretty much like you are doing, except I would only have the following relations: - word to