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@@ -1,28 +1,32 @@ -psycopg - Python-PostgreSQL Database Adapter +psycopg2 - Python-PostgreSQL Database Adapter ******************************************** -psycopg is a PostgreSQL database adapter for the Python programming +psycopg2 is a PostgreSQL database adapter for the Python programming language. This is version 2, a complete rewrite of the original code to provide new-style classes for connection and cursor objects and other -sweet candies. Like the original, psycopg 2 was written with the aim of +sweet candies. Like the original, psycopg2 was written with the aim of being very small and fast, and stable as a rock. -psycopg is different from the other database adapter because it was +psycopg2 is different from the other database adapter because it was designed for heavily multi-threaded applications that create and destroy lots of cursors and make a conspicuous number of concurrent INSERTs or -UPDATEs. psycopg 2 also provide full asycronous operations for the really +UPDATEs. psycopg2 also provide full asycronous operations for the really brave programmer. There are confirmed reports of psycopg 1.x compiling and running on Linux -and FreeBSD on i386, Solaris, MacOS X and win32 architectures. psycopg 2 +and FreeBSD on i386, Solaris, MacOS X and win32 architectures. psycopg2 does not introduce build-wise incompatible changes so it should be able to compile on all architectures just as its predecessor did. -Now go read the INSTALL file. More information about psycopg extensions to +Now go read the INSTALL file. More information about psycopg2 extensions to the DBAPI-2.0 is available in the files located in the doc/ direcory. +Example code can be found in the examples/ directory. If you make any changes +to the code make sure to run the unit tests localed in tests/. -psycopg is free software ("free as in freedom" but I like beer too.) -Licensing information is available in the LICENSE file. +psycopg2 is free software ("free as in freedom" but I like beer too.) +It is licensed under the GNU Lesser General Public License, version 3 or +later plus an exception to allow OpenSSL (libpq) linking; see LICENSE for +more details. Contributors |