ODBTPAPI - version 0.1-alpha, updated 2004-09-25

ODBTPAPI is a Python DB API 2.0 module that interfaces to the terrific ODBTP library.

License

The library portion of ODBTP is LGPL, some of the associated tools are GPL. ODBTPAPI is LGPL.

Download

To use this alpha release, you'll need these:

• the odbtp 1.1.2 package that has been modified to build a shared object (.so)
• the ctypes package
• the odbtpaip module

Installation

Follow the instructions included in the archive to build ODBTP. Install the service on a Windows server with access to the target ODBC driver. Use the included odbtpcli to test the connection.

Usage

Because this program is in alpha state, the packaging hasn't been perfected yet. Until then, follow these steps to use the module.

Place libodbtp.so and odbtpapi.py in a directory containing your API DB 2.0-using program. Change your program to import odbtpapi. Change your .connect lines to use odbtpapi instead, and add a second "server=" parameter that includes the IP address of your ODBTP server (as a string).

Contact

If you have any comments or suggestions about ODBTPAPI, feel free to email me.