IBM’s Python and DB2 drivers released

This article is obsolete. Please refer to the following articles for up do date instructions: Ruby/Rails and DB2 | Python/Django and DB2. Thank you! I’m glad to inform you that the beta version of the Python and DB2 (IBM databases to be more exact) driver and DBI wrapper have been released in the Python Package Index. You can download the source for version 0.1.0 from here. This includes two components: An...

DB2 on Mac

Python and DB2 We now have a working Python driver for DB2 which is currently undergoing internal testing. The driver is similar to the Ruby and PHP ones, which means that you get an advanced and very easy to use API. It also means that if you are confident with the Ruby driver, you will be able to use the Python one in no time. Ruby: require 'ibm_db' conn = IBM_DB::connect(database, user, password) if conn ...

Python, Django and DB2 Status Update

This article is obsolete. Please refer to the following articles for up do date instructions: Ruby/Rails and DB2 | Python/Django and DB2. Thank you! Python 3000′s first alpha release was made available last week, and as to be expected, it gathered a lot of interest from the development community. With Python on everyone’s lips, let’s talk about Python in this post as well. Python and DB2 Back in March we...

PlanetDB2.com and a couple of updates

The website PlanetDB2.com is a DB2 blog aggregator that is about to be launched in a few days. If you work with, or are interested in, DB2, you may want to take a sneak peek and subscribe to the feed. Everyone who blogs regularly about DB2 is welcome to add their feed, whether you are an IBMer or not, by just getting in touch with us at join [at] planetdb2.com. I also have a quick update in regards to Python, Django...

Python, Django and DB2: we need your input!

This article is obsolete. Please refer to the following articles for up do date instructions: Ruby/Rails and DB2 | Python/Django and DB2. Thank you! I may be biased by the fact that I’m part of the DB2 team, but I think that DB2 Express – C is a kick ass offering for developers who are interested in using an enterprise level database without spending a cent. Before joining IBM, I too thought DB2 was mostly...

Keep an eye on djangobook.com

You may want to keep an eye on Django Book today, trusted sources tell me there may be a surprise for you from Adrian and Jacob. Psstt… don’t tell anyone.

A step by step guide on how to install Django with PostgreSQL on Windows

This is a step by step tip about how to install Django with PostgreSQL on Windows. The links below point directly to the downloads, so the whole procedure should be extremely fast and easy. Install Python 2.5 Install PostgreSQL 8.1.4 Install the eGenix MX Base package Extract win-psycopg25.zip and copy libpq.dll and psycopg.pyd to c:\python25\DLLs (assuming c:\python25 is where you installed Python). You can test...

Django is great

It must have been the influence of a few brilliant pythonist friends (particularly Lawrence and Valentino), but over the last few weeks I’ve been dusting off my Python skills. While in my opinion it’s not as elegant as Ruby in terms of language design, Python has better implementation (it’s faster and its libraries are usually better). After being exposed to the brilliance of Ruby for such a long...