Re: Out of the box database support

2006-07-08 Thread Shane Hathaway
Alex Biddle wrote: > Ah, so separate downloads then. At least now I know. > > Ergh... I checked the version of Python my current host is running and its > 2.2. > > ...ergh This is why you really want a VPS (virtual private server). The cost is similar to a web host but you get to choose y

Re: Out of the box database support

2006-07-07 Thread Shane Hathaway
Alex Biddle wrote: > Ah, so separate downloads then. At least now I know. > > Ergh... I checked the version of Python my current host is running and its > 2.2. > > ...ergh This is why you really want a VPS (virtual private server). The cost is similar to a web host but you get to choose yo

Re: Out of the box database support

2006-07-07 Thread Shane Hathaway
Alex Biddle wrote: > Ah, so separate downloads then. At least now I know. > > Ergh... I checked the version of Python my current host is running and its > 2.2. > > ...ergh This is why you really want a VPS (virtual private server). The cost is similar to a web host but you get to choose yo

Virtual Private Servers (was Re: Out of the box database support)

2006-07-05 Thread Aahz
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Terry Hancock <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >I sympathize with the shared-hosting problem, that's a major pain. I >would say 'go find a virtual private hosting service', but my batting >average is not so good with actual companies on that. I had one that >was pretty

Re: Out of the box database support

2006-07-04 Thread Terry Hancock
Alex Martelli wrote: > Terry Hancock <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: ... > > Although, I confess to ignorance on what a "snark" is or whether > > http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/13 "The Hunting of the Snark" by Lewis Caroll Of course! I've heard of it, but never read it. Thanks, Alex. :-) Not sure

Re: Out of the box database support

2006-07-04 Thread Alex Biddle
Yes, I searched but couldn't find anything. Maybe I wasn't searching for the right things / in the right places. I admit I'm more used to forums than mailing lists, but I always make some effort to search. On 7/4/06, Fredrik Lundh <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > but you did search the library refere

Re: Out of the box database support

2006-07-04 Thread Fredrik Lundh
Alex Biddle wrote: > The message in this case was that I /couldn't/ install anything by > myself as it is on a /shared/ server that's why I wanted to know > whether there was anything out of the box I could use. but you did search the library reference TOC and/or the index for "database" before

Re: Out of the box database support

2006-07-04 Thread Alex Biddle
> > Do you really want "smarmy" here? I don't think it works. Don't you > > mean "flip" or "smart-alecky" or "facetious"? > > Hmm. I think the word we're looking for here is "snarky". ;-) > > Although, I confess to ignorance on what a "snark" is or whether > it is particularly known for brief sel

Re: Out of the box database support

2006-07-03 Thread Alex Martelli
BartlebyScrivener <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Alex Martelli wrote: > > > http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/13 > > Leave it to the guy who can quote Borges and The Celestial Emporium of > Benevolent Knowledge while explaining multiple inheritance. > > See Cookbook 2nd Ed pg. 234 ...;-) Alex --

Re: Out of the box database support

2006-07-03 Thread BartlebyScrivener
Alex Martelli wrote: > http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/13 Leave it to the guy who can quote Borges and The Celestial Emporium of Benevolent Knowledge while explaining multiple inheritance. See Cookbook 2nd Ed pg. 234 -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

Re: Out of the box database support

2006-07-03 Thread Alex Martelli
Terry Hancock <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: ... > Although, I confess to ignorance on what a "snark" is or whether http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/13 Alex -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

Re: Out of the box database support

2006-07-03 Thread Terry Hancock
BartlebyScrivener wrote: > > Thanks for the info. No thanks for the smarmy "pony" comment. > > Do you really want "smarmy" here? I don't think it works. Don't you > mean "flip" or "smart-alecky" or "facetious"? Hmm. I think the word we're looking for here is "snarky". ;-) Although, I confess to

Re: Out of the box database support

2006-07-03 Thread BartlebyScrivener
> Thanks for the info. No thanks for the smarmy "pony" comment. Do you really want "smarmy" here? I don't think it works. Don't you mean "flip" or "smart-alecky" or "facetious"? Websters 3rd Unabridged Main Entry:smarmy Function:adjective Inflected Form:-er/-est 1 : SLEEK *smarmy-headed David Wa

Re: Out of the box database support

2006-07-03 Thread Alex Biddle
On 7/3/06, Paul McGuire <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > "Alex Biddle" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message > news:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Hey, thanks for the reply Jean-Paul. > > > > That's pretty cool knowing that Python 2.5 will have it out of the > > box, however what about basic out-of-the-box funct

Re: Out of the box database support

2006-07-03 Thread Paul McGuire
"Alex Biddle" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message news:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Hey, thanks for the reply Jean-Paul. > > That's pretty cool knowing that Python 2.5 will have it out of the > box, however what about basic out-of-the-box functionality in 2.4 (or > even older)? > > In all my other experien

Re: Out of the box database support

2006-07-03 Thread BartlebyScrivener
I guess you looked here without finding what you want? http://www.python.org/doc/topics/database/ What's the big deal with "out of the box"? People have different tastes in dbs and ways to access them, why not just pick the one you want and download it? You didn't say if you are on Linux or Wind

Re: Out of the box database support

2006-07-03 Thread Alex Biddle
Ah, so separate downloads then. At least now I know. Ergh... I checked the version of Python my current host is running and its 2.2. ...ergh On 7/3/06, Alex Martelli <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Python 2.5's standard library includes pysqlite. For any other DB, or > any previous release of

Re: Out of the box database support

2006-07-03 Thread Alex Martelli
Alex Biddle <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hey there. > > I was wondering whether Python had any support out-of-the-box for > database functionality, or database-like functionality. > > For instance a lot of shared hosts have Python installed, but not the > MySQL extension, the flexible of these w

Re: Out of the box database support

2006-07-03 Thread Alex Biddle
Hey, thanks for the reply Jean-Paul. That's pretty cool knowing that Python 2.5 will have it out of the box, however what about basic out-of-the-box functionality in 2.4 (or even older)? In all my other experiences Python comes with a lot of tools already available, it seems odd not to have basic

Re: Out of the box database support

2006-07-03 Thread Jean-Paul Calderone
On Mon, 3 Jul 2006 13:41:24 +0100, Alex Biddle <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >Hey there. > >I was wondering whether Python had any support out-of-the-box for >database functionality, or database-like functionality. > >For instance a lot of shared hosts have Python installed, but not the >MySQL extensi

Out of the box database support

2006-07-03 Thread Alex Biddle
Hey there. I was wondering whether Python had any support out-of-the-box for database functionality, or database-like functionality. For instance a lot of shared hosts have Python installed, but not the MySQL extension, the flexible of these would install it, but most of the time they wouldn't bo