This talk will update you on current state of Firebird connectivity for Python (with a surprise!), and plans for future development

1. Firebird drivers for Python Pavel Císař IBPhoenix Firebird Conference 2011

3. Driver 2: firebirdsql

4. Driver 3: fdb

5. The Future

7. Supports: Python 2.6/2.7, Firebird 2.0+

8. Written in Python and C (extension)

9. Extensive list of features

10. Adopted by Firebird Project

12. Prepared statements

14. Multiple transactions per connection

15. Distributed transactions

16. Savepoints

17. Retaining

21. Support for Firebird Arrays

22. Services (but no Trace)

24. Firebird Events

25. Database INFO API

27. Only for CPython

28. Very complex code

29. Backward compatibility baggage

30. No active development

32. Current version: 0.6.3

33. Pure-Python driver on top of Firebird wire protocol

34. Supports: Python 3.0+/2.6+, Firebird 2.0+?

35. Primary development for Python 3/FB 2.5

37. Multiple transactions per connection, savepoints, retaining

38. Prepared statements

39. Firebird Services, partial: info,backup/restore,sweep,TRACE

40. Potentially works on other Python implementations

41. Unicode/Character set conversions

43. No stored procedures (yet)

44. No RETURNING

45. No streamed BLOBs, No BLOB parameters

46. No Firebird Arrays

47. Only remote server support

48. Limited support for SQL dialect 1

49. Still NOT usable for production

51. Created for this conference

52. Pure-Python driver on top of Firebird client library (using ctypes)

53. Supports Python 2.6+, Firebird 2.0+

54. Primary development for Python 2.6/FB 2.5

55. Potentially runs on Python 3 and IronPython

57. Multiple transactions per connection, transaction parameters, savepoints, retaining

58. Unicode/Character set conversions

59. Firebird Services, partial: everything KinterbasDB does (i.e. NO TRACE)

61. No RETURNING

62. No streamed BLOBs

63. No Firebird Arrays

64. No prepared statements

65. NOT production ready, but in many aspects more mature than firebirdsql

69. Profit!

70. Questions? Pavel Císař [email_address] IBPhoenix www.ibphoenix.com