Whether a Python installation includes the SQLite 3 bindings typically
depends on:
1. Python version: core support for the SQLite 3 bindings (i.e. the
"sqlite3" module) was added in Python 2.5. Earlier versions of Python
may also have a 3rd-party package/module that adds SQLite bindings, of
course.
2. The Python distro: The binary Python 2.5 installers from python.org
(for Windows and Mac OS X [^1]) and ActiveState, i.e. ActivePython, (for
Windows, Mac OS X, Linux, Solaris, HP-UX and AIX) include the "sqlite3"
module as part of the installer. I don't know about other Python
distributions.
3. Platform: Commonly on Linux one will get Python from the Linux
distro's own packaging utility (e.g., apt-get, rpm, synaptic, yum, etc.)
Typically the Linux distros will break up a Python installation into
multiple packages. So an installation of, say, the "python2.5" package
will often not have the "sqlite3" module. To get it you would have to
install the separate "python2.5-sqlite" package. (Note: the names of
these packages vary with Linux distro and version of that distro.)
Cheers,
Trent
[1]: I could be wrong about whether the Mac OS X binary installer for
Python 2.5 from python.org includes the "sqlite3" module -- I haven't
checked -- but I presume it does.
Banibrata Dutta wrote:
Doesn't this depend on the source / distro ? My Python is from the
ActivePython distro, while I am not sure (since I've just about started
playing with it), I haven't seen SQLite included ... possible that I
missed it.
On 4/22/08, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>*
<[EMAIL PROTECTED] <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>> wrote:
While reading feedback to my post "Does Python 2.5.2's embedded SQLite
support full text searching?" I noticed that there appears to be some
confusion regarding whether Python 2.5 includes the SQLite engine.
My Windows 2.5.2 binary download includes SQLite.
But other posters claim otherwise, re: Linux releases of Python 2.5?
I thought one of the major features of Python 2.5 was its embedded
SQLite engine.
Thoughts?
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Trent Mick
trentm at activestate.com
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