Hi *,
the guys here at initd (http://initd.org/) arre happy to announce
the release of psycopg, a Python/PostgreSQL driver module and ZPsycopgDA,
a Zope Database Adapter based on the psycopg driver.
Now, I'll answer the questions you asked... (_what_ questions? well...
follow me...)
Q. Why another postgresql dba? we already have pygres and popy!
A. That's true. We had some ideas about a performant, thread-safe
driver and we wanted to hack a little bit. the resulting driver is
slim, fast, with clean code and some nice features (see below.)
Writing a Zope DBA was a logical consequence only because we use it.
Q. Should I switch to psycopg and zpsycopgda?
A. Not if you are happy with your current driver [and i hope it is popy ;-)]
The only real reason is if you want the advanced features you can find
only in psycopg:
1/ level-2 thread safety
2/ advanced type-casting system
3/ automatic management of multiple phisical connections to the DB
(one per thread) to speed up queries
4/ extremely clean and maintainable code
also, in a future release (0.5) zpsycopgda will support db and table
management from zope management screens.
Q. Hey! you're from MIXAD LIVE, is psycopg a popy fork?
A. No, psycopg is 100% clean code. we had some ideas on how a db driver
should workin a heavily multithreaded environment and we wanted to
test them. that's all.
Q. Where can I download it?
A. http://initd.org/Software/psycopg (tarball and precompiled debian packages)
ciao and good hacking,
federico
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Federico Di Gregorio
MIXAD LIVE Chief of Research & Technology [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Debian GNU/Linux Developer & Italian Press Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Qu'est ce que la folie? Juste un sentiment de liberté si
fort qu'on en oublie ce qui nous rattache au monde... -- J. de Loctra
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