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Tony Schmidt

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Nov 12, 2009, 5:04:40 PM11/12/09
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I am trying to read a Pervasive database on a Windows machine from a
Python script on a Linux machine.

I understand that this can be done with a proprietary ODBC-to-ODBC
bridge called mxODBC or Easysoft OOB.

Is there anyway to do this with existing free/ open source tools?

Thanks in advance for any tips.

M.-A. Lemburg

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Nov 12, 2009, 5:56:22 PM11/12/09
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Tony Schmidt wrote:
> I am trying to read a Pervasive database on a Windows machine from a
> Python script on a Linux machine.
>
> I understand that this can be done with a proprietary ODBC-to-ODBC
> bridge called mxODBC or Easysoft OOB.

The product is called "mxODBC Connect" and allows connecting from
Python (running on pretty much any major platform) to a Windows
or Linux server running the database:

http://www.egenix.com/products/python/mxODBCConnect/

Note: The client part of this product is free. You only need to
get a license for the server part.

Alternatively, you can also our mxODBC single-tier product with
the Pervasive ODBC driver available for Linux:

http://ww1.pervasive.com/developerzone/platforms/linux.asp

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Tony Schmidt

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Nov 12, 2009, 8:50:20 PM11/12/09
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>Note: The client part of this product is free. You only need to
>get a license for the server part.

Yeah, but don't I need the server part to make the connection?

Would it be possible to use Jython and the Pervasive JDBC driver for
this?

M.-A. Lemburg

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Nov 13, 2009, 4:03:54 AM11/13/09
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Tony Schmidt wrote:
>> Note: The client part of this product is free. You only need to
>> get a license for the server part.
>
> Yeah, but don't I need the server part to make the connection?

Sure, but you don't need to get a license per client, unlike for
e.g. the combination mxODBC + EasySoft OOB.

Regards,
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Marc-Andre Lemburg
eGenix.com

Professional Python Services directly from the Source (#1, Nov 13 2009)

Tony Schmidt

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Nov 18, 2009, 10:02:23 AM11/18/09
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Woo-hoo! Forget ODBC. Got this working with Jython and JDBC drivers!

On Nov 13, 1:03 am, "M.-A. Lemburg" <m...@egenix.com> wrote:
> TonySchmidtwrote:

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