SQLAlchemy is a SQL generation tool. a SQL engine for csv files (I believe MS Access can do this against excel files) would be required, as well as a DBAPI.
pierre imbaud wrote: > > google wont let me answer to Lukasz Szybalski, I guess the message > was too old, so I have to quote it by hand. > > I am New to sqlAlchemy, I have another good reason to ask for a csv > engine: > I wish to adapt an existing system, built around a csv file (to be > modelled as a single table), by a pylons application. Some existing > pieces of code use the csv file; If I use a db engine, I have 2 de > facto repositories, I have to keep in sync: wether automatically, or > thru a "sync screen" with 3 functions (file >> db, db >> file, diff): > would be much easier with a csv engine! No progress on this? > > original message: > Hello, I was wondering if there are any plans to have a csv engine for > sqlalchemy. I would like to see support for csv. There are some cases > where csv is the best way to convert data to and from especially when > they require cleaning. What I would like to see is a sqlalchemy > wrapping over csv module and providing file definition and some of the > sql functionality into csv world. This would be really helpful when > moving things over from one system to another. Ideas? Thanks, Lucas -- > OpenOffice and Python http://lucasmanual.com/mywiki/OpenOffice > Commercial Grade Backup with Bacula http://lucasmanual.com/mywiki/Bacula > More options Sep 3 2008, 10:25 pm > From: "Lukasz Szybalski" <[email protected]> > Date: Wed, 3 Sep 2008 15:25:36 -0500 > Local: Wed, Sep 3 2008 10:25 pm > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "sqlalchemy" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/sqlalchemy?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
