Using Python with PostgreSQL
Python and PostgreSQL make an unbeatable combination of processing power and persistent data storage. The Python language provides superior expressive power for solving problems in very diverse fields -- from web services to numerical analysis. PostgreSQL supplies a high-integrity, reliable database that ensures continuous availability of the information you need to solve those problems.
This introductory talk will show how to use the Python Database API Specification v2.0 to:
1. Connect to a PostgreSQL database.
2. Execute simple queries.
3. Execute queries with parameters from your program.
4. Fetch query results from the database.
5. Delete or update database tables from your program.
Speaker Biography:
John Zarrella is an independent consultant specializing in software design for business and inventory management, database systems, and embedded applications. He currently uses Python and PostgreSQL extensively, although he's also been known to program in C, C++, Java, Lisp, and even Fortran. He has a BS in Math and Physics from Carnegie-Mellon University.
Talk Type:
Talk (1 hour)