Re: Why use _mysql module and not use MySQLdb directly?

2014-02-09 Thread Marcel Rodrigues
Another option is PyMySQL [1]. It's developed in the open at GitHub [2]. It's pure Python, compatible with both Python 2 and Python 3. It's DB-API 2 compliant. It also implements some non-standard bits that are present in MySQLdb, in order to be compatible with legacy code, notably Django (personal

Re: Why use _mysql module and not use MySQLdb directly?

2014-02-08 Thread Asaf Las
On Saturday, February 8, 2014 1:42:30 PM UTC+2, Chris Angelico wrote: > On Sat, Feb 8, 2014 at 10:32 PM, Asaf Las wrote: > > > Hi Chris > > The doc says > > https://pypi.python.org/pypi/mysql-connector-python/1.1.5 > > MySQL driver written in Python which does not depend on MySQL C > > client lib

Re: Why use _mysql module and not use MySQLdb directly?

2014-02-08 Thread Chris Angelico
On Sat, Feb 8, 2014 at 10:32 PM, Asaf Las wrote: > Hi Chris > The doc says > https://pypi.python.org/pypi/mysql-connector-python/1.1.5 > > MySQL driver written in Python which does not depend on MySQL C > client libraries and implements the DB API v2.0 specification (PEP-249). Ah. And that links

Re: Why use _mysql module and not use MySQLdb directly?

2014-02-08 Thread Asaf Las
On Saturday, February 8, 2014 1:25:15 PM UTC+2, Chris Angelico wrote: > On Sat, Feb 8, 2014 at 10:09 PM, Asaf Las wrote: > > > I used this one from Oracle and it was OK for simple test case and > > supports from 2.6 till 3.3: > > http://dev.mysql.com/doc/connector-python/en/index.html > > https:/

Re: Why use _mysql module and not use MySQLdb directly?

2014-02-08 Thread Chris Angelico
On Sat, Feb 8, 2014 at 10:09 PM, Asaf Las wrote: > I used this one from Oracle and it was OK for simple test case and > supports from 2.6 till 3.3: > http://dev.mysql.com/doc/connector-python/en/index.html > https://pypi.python.org/pypi/mysql-connector-python/1.1.5 > > > yet there is page to bunch

Re: Why use _mysql module and not use MySQLdb directly?

2014-02-08 Thread Asaf Las
On Saturday, February 8, 2014 10:52:36 AM UTC+2, Sam wrote: > I am writing my first python script to access MySQL database. > With reference to > http://mysql-python.sourceforge.net/MySQLdb.html#connection-objects > Why is it advisable to use _mysql and not MySQLdb module directly? I used this o

Re: Why use _mysql module and not use MySQLdb directly?

2014-02-08 Thread Chris Angelico
On Sat, Feb 8, 2014 at 7:52 PM, Sam wrote: > I am writing my first python script to access MySQL database. With reference > to http://mysql-python.sourceforge.net/MySQLdb.html#connection-objects > > Why is it advisable to use _mysql and not MySQLdb module directly? Other way around. It's advisab

Why use _mysql module and not use MySQLdb directly?

2014-02-08 Thread Sam
I am writing my first python script to access MySQL database. With reference to http://mysql-python.sourceforge.net/MySQLdb.html#connection-objects Why is it advisable to use _mysql and not MySQLdb module directly? -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list