Re: [Iodbc-applications] LGPL Python wrapper for IODBC

[Tim H. <th...@op...>]

"Jordi" <jo...@ho...> writes:

>    I'm looking for a LGPL Python wrapper for IODBC. In the examples in
>    the Iodbc website they use mxodbc but it is a commercial product now.

Yes, when the HOWTO doc was written, this component was also non-Free then.
Unfortunately, it was the only obvious binding I could find for Python.

>    By the way, I really only need to use "any" scripting Language to
>    connect to a DataBase using ODBC both in Windows and Unix/Linux
>    machines. As I was using Python in some other scripts I have started
>    looking for a wrapper for Python but it is not a must. Any advice to
>    choose a suitable scripting language for this task? (it would be
>    better if I can use the same code for Windows/Unix)

Perl has DBD::ODBC, invoked via DBI; I have been known to compile this on
Windows (about 5 years ago). 

Ruby also has DBI; I've never built its odbc module on that platform
myself, just linux - but
<http://raa.ruby-lang.org/list.rhtml?name=ruby-odbc> claims it's supposed
to work on windows, so give it a bash by all means.

HTH,

~Tim
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