eGenix mxODBC 3.0.2 GA
Introduction
mxODBC™ provides an easy-to-use, high-performance, reliable and robust Python interface to ODBC compatible databases such as MS SQL Server, Oracle Database, IBM DB2 and Informix , Sybase ASE and Sybase Anywhere, MySQL, PostgreSQL, SAP MaxDB and many more.
The eGenix mxODBC - ODBC Database Interface for Python product is a commercial extension to our eGenix mx Base Distribution.
News
mxODBC 3.0.2 is a patch-level release and includes the following updates:
Python 2.6 support:
mxODBC 3.0.2 is now available for Python 2.6, compiled with the same MS VS 2008 edition used by the Python developers to build Python 2.6 binaries for enhanced compatibility.
Enhanced support for using TEXT and VARCHAR columns with binary data:
ODBC drivers which need the Python type binding, like e.g. the FreeTDS ODBC driver, will now be able to pass binary data to text columns in most cases.
Updated work-arounds for various ODBC drivers:
eGenix always aims to make using mxODBC as easy and robust as possible. For this reason, we regularly add or update work-arounds for problems found in recent ODBC driver versions.
This release includes updated or new work-arounds for the MySQL ODBC driver, the Informix ODBC driver and the SQL Server 2005 ODBC driver.
Enhanced Python datetime module support:
mxODBC 3.0 already supports the datetime module found in Python 2.4 and later.
With this release, we have additionally added support for the datetime module found in Python 2.3.
For the full set of changes please check the mxODBC change log.
Upgrading
You are encouraged to upgrade to this latest mxODBC release, especially if you are using MS SQL Server or Informix as database server.
Customers who have purchased mxODBC 3.0 licenses can download and install this patch-level release on top of their existing installations. The licenses will continue to work with version 3.0.2.
Users of mxODBC 2.0 will have to purchase new licenses from our online shop in order to upgrade to mxODBC 3.0.2.
You can request 30-day evaluation licenses by visiting our web-site or writing to sales@egenix.com, stating your name (or the name of the company) and the number of eval licenses that you need.
Downloads
Please visit the eGenix mxODBC product page for downloads, instructions on installation and documentation of the packages.
Note that in order to use the eGenix mxODBC product, you need to install the eGenix mx Base Distribution first.
More Information
For more information on the eGenix.com Python products, licensing and download instructions, please write to sales@egenix.com.
Enjoy !
Marc-Andre Lemburg, eGenix.com