• MySQL

MySQL

URL

http://www.mysql.com/

license

GPLv2

platforms

Unix, win32, win64, MacOS X, i5/OS

Pros

• Easy to install and administer
• Support for many SQL Features (v5.0 and up):
  • Good compliance with SQL standards
  • Foreign Keys (using InnoDB)
  • Stored Routines
  • Views
  • Triggers
• Subqueries (as of v4.1)
• Partitioning (as of v5.1)
• ACID compliant (InnoDB and NDB storage engines)
• Character set support
• Built-in Replication
• Many administration tools from third parties
• Widely deployed
• Regarded as being fast
• Modular storage engines and interesting clustering features

Cons

• Early versions (v4.1 and earlier) have the reputation for only basic SQL support (entry-level SQL 92) and deviations from the standards. Many interesting features (views, triggers,..) are included in the latest version (5 and above), but are missing in prior versions. Check gotchas for MySQL v4.1 and earlier.

DB API 2.0 Drivers

MySQL for Python

URL

MySQL on-line documentation, additional forums (maintainer does not currently read these)

mysqlclient

URL

https://pypi.org/project/mysqlclient/

mysqlclient is a fork of MySQL-python. It adds Python 3 support and fixed many bugs. It is the MySQL library that is recommended by the Django documentation.

PyMySQL

URL

http://www.pymysql.org/

License

MIT

Platforms

OS Independent, CPython 2.x and 3.x, PyPy, Jython, IronPython

Python versions

2.4 - 3.2

PyPI

https://pypi.org/project/PyMySQL/

• Pure-Python focused on simplicity and compatibility
• Virtually 100% compatible with MySQLdb
• Good performance

mxODBC

URL

mxODBC is compatible with the MySQL ODBC driver on Windows and Unix.

pyodbc

URL

https://pypi.org/project/pyodbc/

Actively maintained Open Source project.

Precompiled binaries are available for Windows. Red Hat Enterprise Linux, Centos, and Fedora have precompiled RPMs available in their Extras repositories.

MySQL Connector/Python

URL

version overview)

PyPI

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• Implements the Python DB API 2.0 (PEP 249).
• Pure Python implementation of the MySQL protocol.
• Actively developed and maintained by Oracle.
• Includes Django database backend.

mypysql

URL

http://sourceforge.net/projects/mypysql/

License

GNU GPL v3+

Platforms

Any (presumably)

Python versions

3

PyPI

??

• This module provides (yet) incomplete PEP 249 functionality
• C implementation of MySQL database connector
• A majority of the commands are implemented
• Still experimental but actively developed

PyPyODBC (Pure Python ODBC)

URL

Run SQLAlchemy on PyPy

One pure Python script, runs on CPython / IronPython / PyPy , Version 3.3 / 3.2 / 3.1 / 2.4 / 2.5 / 2.6 / 2.7 , Win / Linux , 32 / 64 bit.

Similar usage as pyodbc ( can be seen as a re-implementation of pyodbc in pure Python ).

Simple - the whole module is implemented in a single python script with less than 3000 lines.

mxODBC Connect

URL

many other useful features.

mxODBC Connect Server is compatible with the MySQL ODBC drivers.

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Supported Python Applications

• Zope

• A MySQL driver exists for PyDO (Python Data Objects)