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| <h1 class="title">PyGreSQL Programming Information</h1> |
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| <li><a class="reference" href="#introduction" id="id1" name="id1">1 Introduction</a></li> |
| <li><a class="reference" href="#the-pgdb-module" id="id2" name="id2">2 The pgdb module</a></li> |
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| <h1><a class="toc-backref" href="#id1" id="introduction" name="introduction">1 Introduction</a></h1> |
| <p>You may either choose to use the |
| <a class="reference" href="pg.html">"classic" PyGreSQL interface</a> |
| provided by the <cite>pg</cite> module or else the |
| <a class="reference" href="pgdb.html">DB-API 2.0 compliant interface</a> |
| provided by the <cite>pgdb</cite> module.</p> |
| <p><a class="reference" href="http://www.python.org/dev/peps/pep-0249/">DB-API 2.0</a> |
| (Python Database API Specification v2.0) |
| is a specification for connecting to databases (not only PostGreSQL) |
| from Python that has been developed by the Python DB-SIG in 1999.</p> |
| <p>The following documentation covers only the newer <cite>pgdb</cite> API.</p> |
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| <dt>The authoritative programming information for the DB-API is availabe at</dt> |
| <dd><a class="reference" href="http://www.python.org/dev/peps/pep-0249/">http://www.python.org/dev/peps/pep-0249/</a></dd> |
| <dt>A tutorial-like introduction to the DB-API can be found at</dt> |
| <dd><a class="reference" href="http://www2.linuxjournal.com/lj-issues/issue49/2605.html">http://www2.linuxjournal.com/lj-issues/issue49/2605.html</a></dd> |
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| <h1><a class="toc-backref" href="#id2" id="the-pgdb-module" name="the-pgdb-module">2 The pgdb module</a></h1> |
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| <p class="first admonition-title">Note</p> |
| <p class="last">This section of the documentation still needs to be written.</p> |
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