1.4 web.database -- SQL database layer
The web.database module is a simple SQL abstraction layer which sits on top of a DB-API 2.0 cursor to implement data type conversions, provide database independance and offer a more Python-like interface to the data returned from queries. This is achieved by implementing common field types, a portable SQL dialect and a standard API for all supported databases.
Here are the main features of the module:
- 100% compatible with the underlying DB-API 2.0 cursor. A web.database cursor provides access to the underlying DB-API 2.0 cursor.
- Provides methods including select(), insert(), update(), delete(), create(), alter() and drop() which build and customise the SQL depending on the database being used providing database independance.
- Provides strong typing for the data being used. No need to deal with SQL strings, the module automatically encodes and decodes data for the approriate column.
See Also:
- Python DB-SIG Pages
- To find out more about the DB-API 2.0 or how to program using DB-API 2.0 methods, please visit http://www.python.org/topics/database/. The rest of this documentation will assume you are not interested in using the cursor as a DB-API 2.0 cursor and that you want to know the additional features available.
Documentation released on January 31, 2005.
