In article <mailman.2233.1350328857.27098.python-l...@python.org>, Dennis Lee Bieber <wlfr...@ix.netcom.com> wrote:
> For routine database /access/ (that is, someone has created the > database user account that will be used), MySQLdb is the Python adapter > to connect to the server. For using THAT, you basically need to know SQL > (MySQL's flavor in particular), along with understanding the DB-API 2 > specification (PEP-249) with the MySQLdb documentation (which explains > any limitations or specifics; see http://mysql-python.sourceforge.net/ ) Another possibility is to use some sort of ORM (Object Relational Mapper), which provides an abstraction layer on top of the raw SQL layer. Two examples are SQLAlchemy (http://www.sqlalchemy.org/) and Django (https://www.djangoproject.com/). A thread on Stack Overflow (http://stackoverflow.com/questions/53428) mentions some additional Python ORMs you might want to explore. -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
