What is cx_Oracle? cx_Oracle is a Python extension module that allows access to Oracle and conforms to the Python database API 2.0 specifications with a few exceptions.
Where do I get it? http://cx-oracle.sourceforge.net What's new? 1) Added method ping() on connections which can be used to test whether or not a connection is still active (available in Oracle 10g R2). 2) Added method cx_Oracle.clientversion() which returns a 5-tuple giving the version of the client that is in use (available in Oracle 10g R2). 3) Added methods startup() and shutdown() on connections which can be used to startup and shutdown databases (available in Oracle 10g R2). 4) Added support for Oracle 11g. 5) Added samples directory which contains a handful of scripts containing sample code for more advanced techniques. More will follow in future releases. 6) Prevent error "ORA-24333: zero iteration count" when calling executemany() with zero rows as requested by Andreas Mock. 7) Added methods __enter__() and __exit__() on connections to support using connections as context managers in Python 2.5 and higher. The context managed is the transaction state. Upon exit the transaction is either rolled back or committed depending on whether an exception took place or not. 8) Make the search for the lib32 and lib64 directories automatic for all platforms. 9) Tweak the setup configuration script to include all of the metadata and allow for building the module within another setup configuration script 10) Include the Oracle version in addition to the Python version in the build directories that are created and in the names of the binary packages that are created. 11) Remove unnecessary dependency on win32api to build module on Windows. Anthony Tuininga _______________________________________________ DB-SIG maillist - DB-SIG@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/db-sig
