I need to thank you all for your suggestions and recommendations. I am ultimately aiming to work in Python, PostgreSQL and Django and this link http://www.sqlalchemy.org/news.myt#item_3 sort of made my day :)
I really appreciate all of your feedback and will go through Fredrik's links as soon as I get the chance. I thank you all again, I appreciate it very much! -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list