Python, DB-API, Django and SQLAlchemy components for IBM Data Servers

Provides Python, Django and SQLAlchemy support for DB2 and Informix IDS Data Servers

Components (Python Eggs):

1. The ibm_db Python Egg contains:

• ibm_db driver: C extension module which wraps IBM Data Server Driver for ODBC and CLI APIs and provide a Python client interface to DB2 and Informix IDS databases.
• ibm_db_dbi: Python coded module relying on ibm_db Python driver and complying to DB-API 2.0 specification

3. The ibm_db_sa: Python coded adapter implementing the SQLAlchemy 0.4 specification APIs

Additional information is available in the README files provided in the Python Eggs and also the source repository. The wiki README is also useful to get you started.

Support

• Google Group: http://groups.google.com/group/ibm_db

• Development: opendev at us dot ibm dot com.

Contributing to the ibm_db python project

Guidelines for Contributions

Caveats

Please note that ibm_db requires UCS-2 configured python. you can check if your python is UCS-2 configured or not by using command (Linux):

$ python -c "import sys; print (sys.maxunicode > 2<<15) and 'UCS4' or 'UCS2'"