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author | catherine@Drou |
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date | Mon, 01 Mar 2010 23:26:38 -0500 |
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--- a/docs/source/intro.rst Sat Feb 27 23:15:30 2010 -0500 +++ b/docs/source/intro.rst Mon Mar 01 23:26:38 2010 -0500 @@ -7,9 +7,10 @@ * Current docs: http://packages.python.org/sqlpython/ * Mailing list: http://groups.google.com/group/sqlpython -SQLPython is a command-line interface to Oracle databases. It is intended as an alternative to Oracle's -SQL\*Plus. For the most part, it can be used the same way SQL\*Plus would be used; this documentation -focuses on the places where SQLPython differs. +SQLPython is a command-line interface to relational databases. It was created as an alternative to Oracle's +``SQL\*Plus``, and can likewise be used instead of postgres' ``psql`` or mysql's ``mysql`` text clients. +For the most part, it can be used as any other text-based SQL interface would; this document focuses on +the extra capabilities License ------- @@ -87,8 +88,11 @@ Non-Oracle RDBMS ---------------- -As of sqlpython 1.6.4, preliminary work has begun to adapt sqlpython to non-Oracle databases. -You may use it to run queries against postgreSQL, MySQL, etc., but data-dictionary access -commands (`ls`, `grep`, `refs`, etc.) will generate errors. Connection to non-Oracle databases -is currently only possible via URL connection strings. +Version 1.7.0 of sqlpython works against PostgreSQL and MySQL, though the testing against +those databases has been very slight thus far. Help in testing and improving sqlpython's +functions against those databases is welcome. Support for Microsoft SQL Server and sqlite +will be available as soon as those databases are added to the Gerald project, and volunteers +for Gerald will benefit sqlpython as well. +As of 1.7.0, sqlpython sessions can only "see" metadata within the named schema belonging +to the currently connected user. A fix for this is expected for 1.7.1. \ No newline at end of file