ANN: eGenix mxODBC Connect - Python Database Interface 2.0.1

[eGenix Team: M.-A. Lemburg]

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ANNOUNCING
eGenix.com mxODBC Connect

Python Database Interface

Version 2.0.1


mxODBC Connect is our commercially supported client-server product for
connecting Python applications to relational databases
in a truly cross-platform way.


This announcement is also available on our web-site for online reading:
http://www.egenix.com/company/news/eGenix-mxODBC-Connect-2.0.1-GA.html

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INTRODUCTION

The mxODBC Connect Database Interface for Python allows users to
easily connect Python applications to all major databases on the
market today in a highly portable, convenient and secure way.

Python Database Connectivity the Easy Way
-----------------------------------------

Unlike our mxODBC Python extension, mxODBC Connect is designed as
client-server application, so you no longer need to find production
quality ODBC drivers for all the platforms you target with your Python
application.

Instead you use an easy to install Python client library which
connects directly to the mxODBC Connect database server over the
network.

This makes mxODBC Connect a great basis for writing cross-platform
multi-tier database applications and utilities in Python, especially
if you run applications that need to communicate with databases such
as MS SQL Server and MS Access, Oracle Database, IBM DB2 and Informix,
Sybase ASE and Sybase Anywhere, MySQL, PostgreSQL, SAP MaxDB and many
more, that run on Windows or Linux machines.

Ideal for Database Driven Client Applications
---------------------------------------------

By removing the need to install and configure ODBC drivers on the
client side and dealing with complicated network setups for each set
of drivers, mxODBC Connect greatly simplifies deployment of database
driven client applications, while at the same time making the network
communication between client and database server more efficient and
more secure.

For more information, please have a look at the mxODBC Connect product
page, in particular, the full list of available features.

For more information, please see the product page:

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

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NEWS

The 2.0.1 release of mxODBC Connect includes the following
enhancements and fixes:

API Enhancements
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* Added support for returning SQL Server TIME columns as time value
instead of as string.

* Added a work-around to prevent truncation warnings with the SQL
Server ODBC driver when using .executemany(..., direct=1). Thanks
for Michael Bayer.

Server Enhancements
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* Upgraded the mxODBC used in the server to version mxODBC 3.2.1.

Client Enhancements
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* Added egenix-mx-base dependency to mxODBC Connect egg files.

Misc
----

* Added hint on how to work with REF CURSORS in Oracle stored
procedures. Thanks to Etienne Desgagn�.


mxODBC Connect 2.0.0 was released on 2012-08-20. These are the
highlights of the new release:

mxODBC Connect 2.0 Enhanced API
-------------------------------

* mxODBC Connect Server now uses mxODBC 3.2 internally and makes its
API available in the mxODBC Connect Client. This is a major step
forward from the mxODBC 3.0 version used in mxODBC Connect Server
1.0.

* mxODBC Connect Client comes with all the mxODBC enhancements,
including:

- connection and cursor objects can be used as context managers

- adjustable parameter styles (qmark or named)

- connection .autocommit attribute to easily switch on autocommit

- adjustable timestamp resolution

- new possibilities to set connection and cursor options to adjust
the ODBC objects to your application needs, e.g. set a connection
read-only or set a query timeout

- adjustable decimal, datetime and string formats

- adjustable warning format to be able to handle server warnings
without client interaction

- greatly improved result set scrolling support

- Unicode support for all catalog methods

- Access to additional result set meta data via
cursor.getcolattribute()

Updated Compatibility
---------------------

* The server now features all the ODBC driver compatibility
enhancements provided by mxODBC 3.2, including improved and updated
support for MS SQL Server Native Client, Oracle Instant Client,
Sybase ASE, IBM DB2, Teradata and Netezza.

* Native Windows x64 builds with signed executables and a tray app
rewritten in C are available for Windows 2008R2, Vista and 7 x64,
so you can benefit from better performance, fewer UAC dialogs and
smaller memory footprint.

Asynchronous Execution
----------------------

* mxODBC Connect Client now integrates directly with gevent, allowing
client applications to run asynchronous tasks while performing
remote database queries.

Better Integration
------------------

* mxODBC Connect now uses the official IANA registered port 6632 for
both plain text and SSL-encrypted communication.

* mxODBC Connect Client now allows selecting the used SSL module from
two available options: Python standard lib ssl module and
pyOpenSSL.

For the full set of changes, please check the mxODBC Connect change
log.

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

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UPGRADING

You are encouraged to upgrade to this latest mxODBC Connect release.
When upgrading, please always upgrade both the server and the client
installations to the same version - even for patch level releases.

Customers who have purchased mxODBC Connect 2.0 licenses can continue
to use their licenses with this patch level release.

Customers who have purchased mxODBC Connect 1.x licenses can request
20% discount coupons for upgrade purchases. Please contact the
eGenix.com Sales Team (sa...@egenix.com) with your existing license
serials for details.

Users of our stand-alone mxODBC product will have to purchase new
licenses from our online shop in order to use mxODBC Connect.

You can request 30-day evaluation licenses by visiting our web-site
or writing to sa...@egenix.com, stating your name (or the name of the
company) and the number of eval licenses that you need.

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

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DOWNLOADS

The download archives as well as instructions for installation and
configuration of the product can be found on the product page:

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

If you want to try the package, jump straight to the download
instructions:

https://cms.egenix.com/products/python/mxODBCConnect/#Download

Fully functional evaluation licenses for the mxODBC Connect Server are
available free of charge:

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

mxODBC Connect Client is always free of charge.

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SUPPORT

Commercial support for this product is available from eGenix.com.

Please see

http://www.egenix.com/services/support/

for details about our support offerings.

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INFORMATION

About Python (http://www.python.org/):

Python is an object-oriented Open Source programming language
which runs on all modern platforms. By integrating ease-of-use,
clarity in coding, enterprise application connectivity and rapid
application design, Python establishes an ideal programming
platform for today's IT challenges.

About eGenix (http://www.egenix.com/):

eGenix is a software project, consulting and product company
focusing on expert services and professional quality products for
companies, Python users and developers.


Enjoy,
--
Marc-Andre Lemburg
eGenix.com

Professional Python Services directly from the Source (#1, Sep 26 2012)
>>> Python/Zope Consulting and Support ... http://www.egenix.com/
>>> mxODBC.Zope.Database.Adapter ... http://zope.egenix.com/
>>> mxODBC, mxDateTime, mxTextTools ... http://python.egenix.com/
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2012-10-29: PyCon DE 2012, Leipzig, Germany ... 33 days to go
2012-10-23: Python Meeting Duesseldorf ... 27 days to go
2012-09-26: Released mxODBC.Connect 2.0.1 ... http://egenix.com/go34
2012-09-25: Released mxODBC 3.2.1 ... http://egenix.com/go33


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[winniehell]

We had a little private discussion about this. Is this list meant to be
for product announcements? I personally don't like to get product
announcements on mailing lists because I'm in most cases not interested
in the offered products.

[bobhaugen]

I like to get open-source project announcements that are relevant to Django, but am not interested in commercial products.

[creecode]

I don't mind the occasional well marked commercial product announcement as long as it's related to django.  By well marked I mean something in the subject line that indicates this is an ad or announcement, which this poster did.  Thank you!

Toodle-loooooooooooo...........

creecode

[Russell Keith-Magee]

We don't prohibit commercial announcements, but they need to be on
topic, and the poster needs to show some moderation -- we don't mind
an occasional major announcement, but a weekly point release
notification would be excessive.

Similarly with recruiting -- if someone has a specific job that
they're hiring for that requires Django skills, we don't prevent them
from posting, but if you post for non-Django jobs, or you're clearly
just using django-users as a free advertising channel, you'll get cut
off.

Yours,
Russ Magee %-)

[Russell Keith-Magee]

On Thu, Sep 27, 2012 at 3:10 PM, M.-A. Lemburg <m...@egenix.com> wrote:
> Russell Keith-Magee wrote:
>> On Wed, Sep 26, 2012 at 8:11 PM, winniehell <dja...@winniehell.de> wrote:
>>> We had a little private discussion about this. Is this list meant to be
>>> for product announcements? I personally don't like to get product
>>> announcements on mailing lists because I'm in most cases not interested
>>> in the offered products.
>>
>> We don't prohibit commercial announcements, but they need to be on
>> topic, and the poster needs to show some moderation -- we don't mind
>> an occasional major announcement, but a weekly point release
>> notification would be excessive.
>

> Does Django have an announcement list that we could use for
> announcements like these ?

We have an announcements list, but it's for official Django
announcements, and we don't want other commercial material on that
list because when we post to it, we *need* people to pay attention
(for security updates, and so on).

As for a 'django community announcements' list: I can see how that
might be useful, but I can also see that it introduces a whole bunch
of new headaches. We have enough problems getting people to post to
the right list when there is only two (django-users and django-dev);
adding a third has the potential to just confuse things more...

Yours,
Russ Magee %-)

[M.-A. Lemburg]

Russell Keith-Magee wrote:
> On Wed, Sep 26, 2012 at 8:11 PM, winniehell <dja...@winniehell.de> wrote:
>> We had a little private discussion about this. Is this list meant to be
>> for product announcements? I personally don't like to get product
>> announcements on mailing lists because I'm in most cases not interested
>> in the offered products.
>
> We don't prohibit commercial announcements, but they need to be on
> topic, and the poster needs to show some moderation -- we don't mind
> an occasional major announcement, but a weekly point release
> notification would be excessive.

Does Django have an announcement list that we could use for
announcements like these ?

We have comp.lang.python.announce for Python, but I'm not aware of
any such a list for Django.

--
Marc-Andre Lemburg
eGenix.com

Professional Python Services directly from the Source (#1, Sep 27 2012)

>>> Python/Zope Consulting and Support ... http://www.egenix.com/
>>> mxODBC.Zope.Database.Adapter ... http://zope.egenix.com/
>>> mxODBC, mxDateTime, mxTextTools ... http://python.egenix.com/
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2012-10-29: PyCon DE 2012, Leipzig, Germany ... 32 days to go
2012-10-23: Python Meeting Duesseldorf ... 26 days to go

[M.-A. Lemburg]

For Python we're using a moderated list and it's been working well
for the past 12 years or so :-)

http://python.org/community/lists/