Introduction
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* Original project homepage: https://twiki.cern.ch/twiki/bin/view/PSSGroup/SqlPython
* PyPI: http://pypi.python.org/pypi/sqlpython
* News: http://catherinedevlin.blogspot.com/search/label/sqlpython
* Current docs: http://packages.python.org/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 was created by `Luca Canali <http://canali.web.cern.ch/canali/>`_ at CERN.  Most new development
has been done by `Catherine Devlin <http://catherinedevlin.blogspot.com/>`_.  The development trunk (very unstable) is at `assembla <https://www.assembla.com/wiki/show/sqlpython>`_; you can install the trunk on your machine with::

	hg clone http://hg.assembla.com/sqlpython sqlpython
	cd sqlpython
	python setup.py develop

Using `hg pull`, `hg update` subsequently will update from the current trunk.

SQLPython is based on the Python standard library's 
`cmd <http://docs.python.org/library/cmd.html#module-cmd>`_ module, and on an extension 
to it called `cmd2 <http://pypi.python.org/pypi/cmd2>`_.  SQLPython also draws considerable
inspiration from two Perl-based open-source SQL clients, 
`Senora <http://senora.sourceforge.net/>`_ and `YASQL <http://sourceforge.net/projects/yasql>`_.

SQLPython is currently only compatible with Oracle databases.  Expanding it to other RDBMS is a dream
for "one fine day".  Call it "SQLPython 3000".