Hi: FYI - we did a lot of work to setup the corporate sybase environment and successfully connected to sybase using the sybase client tools Thursday night. And we installed and tested the web2py Welcome app on the corporate laptop. We expect to start trying the web2py sybase adapter on Monday.
On Wednesday, May 16, 2012 4:48:39 PM UTC-5, Massimo Di Pierro wrote: > > I just committed a SybaseAdapter using this driver: > > http://python-sybase.sourceforge.net/ > > It extends the MSSQLAdapter but uses the other driver and Sybase types. > It needs testing. > > You can use it with > > DAL('sybase://dsnstring') > D > or > > DAL('sybase://username:password@hostname:port/dbname') > > It uses this line to built the dsn string: > > dsn = 'sybase:host=%s:%s;dbname=%s' % (host,port,db) > > This is one line I am not sure about because the docs for the adapter do > not explain it and I cannot try it. > > Massimo > > > > > > On Wednesday, 16 May 2012 16:24:02 UTC-5, dlypka wrote: >> >> No preference on which python driver for sybase. >> So whatever you select is fine with us. >> Thanks. >> - Dave Lypka. >> >> On Wednesday, May 16, 2012 4:10:28 PM UTC-5, Massimo Di Pierro wrote: >>> >>> Will send it tonight. Basically Sybase is almost the same as MSSQL. Do >>> you a preference for one of the pyhton drivers for sybase? >>> >>> On Wednesday, 16 May 2012 10:51:39 UTC-5, dlypka wrote: >>>> >>>> >>>> I do not see any reference to "sybase" in 1.99.7 dal.py. >>>> >>>> Please point me to the sybase adapter. >>>> >>>> There are 2 of us developers here at work who can test it for you on a >>>> large corporate sybase database. >>>> >>>> Thanks. >>>> >>>> On Wednesday, May 16, 2012 10:42:05 AM UTC-5, Massimo Di Pierro wrote: >>>>> >>>>> web2py includes an adapter but nobody has tested it. If you can help >>>>> us test it we can help you debug any problem that may arise. >>>>> Compatibility >>>>> with sybase and other SQL DB engines is a priority. >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> On Wednesday, 16 May 2012 07:47:59 UTC-5, dlypka wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>> I see this posting which has some sybase adapter code: >>>>>> >>>>>> https://groups.google.com/forum/?fromgroups#!searchin/web2py/sybase/web2py/LXdEdc1th3M/8ZIOxE8tJQgJ >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> Is there anything else? >>>>>> >>>>>> I have a need to use web2y + sybase at work. >>>>>> >>>>>> Thanks. >>>>>> >>>>>
