New Firebird 3.x Driver v2.0 for Python v3.8+
May 7, 2020 mariuz
May 7, 2020 mariuz
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As Pavel Cisar promised at Firebird Conference in Berlin, the Firebird has brand new DB API 2.0 driver for Python.
It’s part of modernization campaign that shakes off the legacy that goes back to KInterbasDB and Firebird 2.0.
Please note, that his new driver requires Firebird 3+ and Python 3.8+.
This “high” base line was chosen deliberately, to use all new features available from latest Firebird & Python releases without constraints and limits that backward compatibility would require. Internally, the driver uses new client API based on interfaces introduced by Firebird 3.
This new API has many limits raised (like statement sizes, blob sizes etc.) or completely lifted (like number of databases participating in distributed transaction), and provides access to new Firebird features (like scrollable cursors).
The initial release (v0.5.0) supports all key driver features you know from FDB (passes all tests for FDB features), with next exceptions:
Missing parts:
Right now, the new driver is available only from project’s GitHib at Для просмотра ссылки Войдиили Зарегистрируйся
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As Pavel Cisar promised at Firebird Conference in Berlin, the Firebird has brand new DB API 2.0 driver for Python.
It’s part of modernization campaign that shakes off the legacy that goes back to KInterbasDB and Firebird 2.0.
Please note, that his new driver requires Firebird 3+ and Python 3.8+.
This “high” base line was chosen deliberately, to use all new features available from latest Firebird & Python releases without constraints and limits that backward compatibility would require. Internally, the driver uses new client API based on interfaces introduced by Firebird 3.
This new API has many limits raised (like statement sizes, blob sizes etc.) or completely lifted (like number of databases participating in distributed transaction), and provides access to new Firebird features (like scrollable cursors).
The initial release (v0.5.0) supports all key driver features you know from FDB (passes all tests for FDB features), with next exceptions:
Missing parts:
- distributed transactions (will appear in next version)
- FDB extensions like schema, monitoring tables and log parsers. These
modules will be developer later, and released as separate package. - documentation
- scrollable cursors
- type hints everywhere
- new FB client API instead old one
- enhanced Enums and Flags classes instead isc_* constants
- better and more rich support for Firebird services
Right now, the new driver is available only from project’s GitHib at Для просмотра ссылки Войди
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