> > package that can open a databases without knowing there format? > > The Python DB API is pretty good at covering all the common databases but > sadly everyone has some slight variances so you do need to know which product > you will be using. > > As an example the SQLite package that comes in the standard library - and is > a good starter - doesn't require login credentials but Oracle, MySQL etc do. > Also Sqllite is stored in a single file accessed via a code library whereas > most other SQL databases use multiple files and a server frontend. (That's > why there's a connect() function - to connect to the server... in SQLite > connect just opens the file!) > > If you are a database noob I'd keep it simple and stick with SQLite, it's > powerful enough for most beginner type projects and misses out some of the > more complex features of the other packages. Provided you aren't expecting to > scale up to 10's of millions of records it will do just fine. Once you > understand SQLite moving to MySQL or Firebird or whatever will be an easy > next step.
So, in case I wasn't clear, the databases are already made by someone else, and the format is beyond my control. I need/want to learn to manipulate them. Most likely they are similar to the Berkeley database (but I don't know what this means yet). Thanks for the help, Andre _______________________________________________ Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor
