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Subject: Re: SQL Server 2008R2 databases via Python 2.7 and Windows XP and higher
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On Jun 17, 2011, at 17:01, python@bdurham.com wrote:

> Looking for some real-world advice on what is the best way to access =
MS SQL Server 2008R2 databases via Python 2.7 running under Windows XP, =
Vista, and Windows 7 and Windows Server 2005 and 2008.

I use the COM interface to ADO, for a few years already, but want to =
rewrite my scripts to the standard DBAPI 2.0 sometime to be less =
dependent on Windows.=20

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"Freedom: To ask nothing. To expect nothing. To depend on nothing." - =
Ayn Rand