On Sep 19, 2008, at 1:24 PM, Sam Widmer wrote:

> Thanks for the responses so far.
>
> The reason we tried pymssql is because it is much easier to get  
> running on OSX.  At the moment our efforts to get pyodbc working on  
> Macs have met with alot of frustration.
>
> However, we would have done things differently if we had seen  
> different wording in the SqlAlchemy docs.  For instance, a notice  
> that binary fields do not work with pymssql.  This would have put us  
> down the pyodbc path right away.  Instead, I found the non-specific  
> statement in the MSSQL Known Issues section.  I then searched for  
> what those issues were and found plenty of Unicode Type issues but  
> nothing really relating to Binary types.
>
> So, with all the above in mind we are proceeding down the pyodbc path.
>
> For the project, I am not asking for any work to be done on pymssql  
> but rather that the Known Issues section be clarified to state that  
> Binary Types do not work.

the quickest path here would be for you to edit the wiki directly -  
log in as "guest/guest".   We put the database issues there  
specfically so it could be a collaborative document drawing upon the  
communities' experience directly.


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