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The Definitive Guide to Jython: Python for the Java™ Platform
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The Definitive Guide to Jython: Python for the Java™ Platform

by Josh Juneau, Jim Baker, Victor Ng, Leo Soto, Frank Wierzbicki
March 2010
Beginner to intermediate content levelBeginner to intermediate
544 pages
13h 28m
English
Apress
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Chapter 12. Databases and Jython: Object Relational Mapping and Using JDBC

In this chapter, we will look at zxJDBC package, which is a standard part of Jython since version 2.1 and complies with the Python 2.0 DBI standard. zxJDBC can be an appropriate choice for simple one-off scripts where database portability is not a concern. In addition, it's (generally) necessary to use zxJDBC when writing a new dialect for SQLAlchemy or Django. (But that's not strictly true: you can use pg8000, a pure Python DBI driver, and of course write your own DBI drivers. But please don't do that.) So knowing how zxJDBC works can be useful when working with these packages. However, it's too low level for us to recommend for more general usage. Use SQLAlchemy or Django ...

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