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Description: I'm one of the co-founders of Showmedo and an academic researcher by profession. My peripatetic path has taken me from a Philosophy degree via Artificial Intelligence and Evolutionary Robotics to a PhD in Neuroscience. I spent five years in a small room with a colony of reluctant bumble-bees, becomi ...

[737] The Python Database API (DBAPI) (2/5)

in series: An Introduction to Database Programming with Python

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The Python DBAPI was created to encourage similarity between Python modules used to access different databases. Such consistency makes it much easier to move code from one database to another or to start programming with an unfamiliar database. Here we run through the fundamental priciples.

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11. anonymous Fri, 20 Nov 2009 23:51

Please i want to learn PYTHON in depth


using graphics was a great choise...thank's


Thanks for making these videos. I'm really excited about learning Python, and using it to build database backed applications! Looking forward to more.


Nice bit of history here re Python and DBs.


thanks, useful graphical info


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