On Wed, 20 Oct 2004 20:52:35 -0400, Phillip J. Eby <pje at telecommunity.com> wrote: > At 07:14 PM 10/20/04 -0500, Skip Montanaro wrote: > > > Bob> By default can mean that Python builds a SQLite wrapper if SQLite > > Bob> is available, just like it does for bsddb, readline, etc. > > > >Then why not MySQLdb, psycopg and sybase-python also? No slight intended > >against PySQLite, but those other wrapper modules have been around quite a > >bit longer I think. > > Well, one difference is that none of the databases you just listed are > embeddable. There has to be a separate database server process. SQLite, > like other "database" modules in the stdlib, just stores data in a disk file. Not to mention that it's a snap to install & manage -- no need for administrative accounts and complex daemon setup. Although this is really part of the 'embeddable' concept, it's still something worth noting on its own. Also its worth to note that its license is *much* Python-friendlier than almost every one of the other options, as far as the db engine itself is concerned. -- Carlos Ribeiro Consultoria em Projetos blog: http://rascunhosrotos.blogspot.com blog: http://pythonnotes.blogspot.com mail: carribeiro at gmail.com mail: carribeiro at yahoo.com
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