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GrayGeek jkrepsBEAR at FISHneb.rr.com
Wed Nov 5 19:08:10 EST 2003 
Paul Rubin wrote:

> GrayGeek <jkrepsBEAR at FISHneb.rr.com> writes:
>> I don't know.  I'd love to convert totally to Python (I am using
>> Boa-Constructor) but right now I am having a hard time finding an Oracle
>> 9i
>> driver that works.  Neither cx_Oracle for Python 2.2 or the one for 2.3
>> work.  They fail on the import statement.  I don't want to use jpython's
>> driver.
> 
> Maybe you can use MxDB or whatever it's called, if you want to
> use something non-free (e.g. if you were willing to use TKC Rekall
> in the first place, and since you're using Oracle anyway).
> 
> I think it's a ridiculous deficiency in Python that it doesn't come
> with database drivers in its standard library.  Maybe someone can port
> over the ones from PHP or Perl DBI.  I'd be willing to do that if
> funding and access to a development box with the relevant databases is
> available.

I agree.  It's a BIG hold back
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GrayGeek
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