ocpgdb is a Python DB-API 2 (aka pep-0249) adapter for PostgreSQL. The code is simple, modular and extensible, with most of the intelligence implemented in Python with only a small C wrapper around libpq. The module is used in several production systems, and while there is little documentation at this stage, most things work as described in pep-0249.

Unlike most Python PG adapters, this module uses the newer binary PG protocol 3 - in many cases this protocol is faster and safer, although the protocol is less forgiving of implicit type-casting. As an example, other adapters will accept:

curs.execute('SELECT * FROM foo WHERE bah > %s', '2006-1-1')

whereas protocol 3 requires:

curs.execute('SELECT * FROM foo WHERE bah > %s', datetime.datetime(2006,1,1))

or an explicit cast:

curs.execute('SELECT * FROM foo WHERE bah > %s::timestamp', '2006-1-1')

The module requires Python 2.3 or newer, and PostgreSQL 8.1 or newer. If mx.DateTime is available, use_mx_datetime=True can be passed to the connect() function to enable support. To install, unpack the tar file, and as root run:

python setup.py install

The ocpgdb module's development was sponsored by Object Craft.