Using Python with SyBase

[Widom]

Does anybody expirience Python for writing user front-end screens for
SyBase-Anyware databse ?
Where can I found more information how handle SyBase SQL-Anyware from Python
?
Meybe it sounds strange but I am looking for languguage I can write TEXT
mode front-end software (in IBM old style) for diferent platforms (Windows,
Linux, Palm OS etc).
Tomasz

 

[Tim Golden]

Does anybody expirience Python for writing user front-end screens for
SyBase-Anyware databse ?
Where can I found more information how handle SyBase SQL-Anyware from Python
?
Meybe it sounds strange but I am looking for languguage I can write TEXT
mode front-end software (in IBM old style) for diferent platforms (Windows,
Linux, Palm OS etc).
Tomasz

Don't know if this helps, but Object Craft have a module
to interface to Sybase ASE from Python at
http://www.object-craft.com.au/projects/sybase/

Might be worth a look.

TJG

 

[Skip Montanaro]

Widom> Does anybody expirience Python for writing user front-end screens
Widom> for SyBase-Anyware databse ?

None here. Have you asked on the (e-mail address removed)-craft.com.au
mailing list?

Skip

 

[francois lepoutre]

Hi,

Does anybody expirience Python for writing user
front-end screens for SyBase-Anyware database ?

Sybase Anywhere ASA (ex-watcom sql) is an
odbc-orientated dbms solution from Sybase.

We have been succssful using it from python via
mxodbc both on linux (some tweaking may be
required) and win32 (plain easy).

I have no experience or feedback of ASA
connections through FreeTDS.

It should work as well... I'd be glad to hear
that it does

François

 

[Tomasz]

Hello Francois,

Thank you for repling.

I am exately interesting in old ex-wotcom sql oriented products. At the
moment I still use old WatCom 4.0 but I like to transfer to new ASA
products. Becouse I am not so happy with visual products (Visual Basic,
Power Builder etc.), I am looking for nice languague I can easly write
front-end screens in text mode. Python gives me a good fealling for that it
seams it is what I am looking for. I am bit afreraid for stability of Python
and for speed relaibility (it is just an interpreter only).

Please let me know your opinion if any.

Best Regards,

Tomasz

 

[John J. Lee]

front-end screens in text mode. Python gives me a good fealling for that it
seams it is what I am looking for. I am bit afreraid for stability of Python
and for speed relaibility (it is just an interpreter only).

[...]

Pythons, though bulky, are apparently quite fast *enough* to swallow
large mammals in one piece, so I don't blame you for being afraid
<wink>.


John