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<H2>eGenix.com mx Extensions for Python</H2>
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<A HREF="#mxBASE">eGenix.com mx Base Distribution</A> <BR> (
<A HREF="#mxDateTime">mxDateTime</A> :
<A HREF="#mxTextTools">mxTextTools</A> :
<A HREF="#mxStack">mxStack</A> :
<A HREF="#mxTools">mxTools</A> :
<A HREF="#mxProxy">mxProxy</A> :
<A HREF="#mxURL">mxURL</A> :
<A HREF="#mxUID">mxUID</A> :
<A HREF="#History-mxBASE">History</A> :
<A HREF="#Download-mxBASE"><B>Download</B></A>
) <BR>
<A HREF="#mxODBC">eGenix.com mxODBC Distribution</A> <BR> (
<A HREF="#History-mxODBC">History</A> :
<A HREF="#BuyLicenses"><B>Buy Licenses</B></A> :
<A HREF="#Download-mxODBC"><B>Download</B></A>
) <BR>
<A HREF="#mxEXPERIMENTAL">eGenix.com mx Experimental Distribution</A> <BR> (
<A HREF="#mxNumber">mxNumber</A> :
<A HREF="#mxTidy">mxTidy</A> :
<A HREF="#History-mxEXPERIMENTAL">History</A> :
<A HREF="#Download-mxEXPERIMENTAL"><B>Download</B></A>
) <BR>
<A HREF="#Support"><B>Commercial Support</B></A> :
<A HREF="" TARGET="_top">Home</A>
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<A NAME="Introduction"></A>
<H3>Introduction</H3>
<UL>
<P>
The <A HREF="http://www.egenix.com/">eGenix.com</A> mx
Extensions for Python are a collection of professional
quality Python software tools which enhance <A
HREF="http://www.python.org/">Python</A>'s usability in many
important areas such as ODBC database connectivity, fast
text processing, date/time processing and web site
programming.
<P>
The tools have a proven record of being portable across many
Unix and Windows platforms, e.g. you can write applications
which use an ODBC database on Windows which then run on Unix
platforms without change due to the consistent platforms
independent interfaces.
<P>
All of the available packages have shown their stability
and usefulness in many mission critical applications and
various commercial settings all around the world.
<P>
The two most well-known packages from the mx Extension
Series are <A HREF="#mxDateTime">mxDateTime</A> and <A
HREF="#mxODBC">mxODBC</A> providing date/time services and
professional ODBC database connectivity on practically all
supported Python platforms. These two packages enable
database software which is portable not only across
platforms, but also across database backends.
</UL>
<A NAME="Overview"></A>
<H3>Overview</H3>
<UL>
<P>
mxODBC, mxDateTime and all other mx packages are maintained by
<A HREF="http://www.egenix.com/">eGenix.com Software GmbH,
Langenfeld</A> in Germany. This assures the availability of
<B><A HREF="#Support">commercial support</A></B>, which is
important for companies building applications based on the
eGenix.com mx Extensions.
<P>
<P>
All new versions of the eGenix.com mx Extensions use the
Python distutils packaging technology to simplify installation
and use of the many different subpackages. This is expected to
greatly enhance the installation and usage experience of the
software.
<P>
<P>
The software is delivered in three download archives:
<UL>
<LI> the <A
HREF="#mxBASE">eGenix.com mx Base package</A> which holds all
the Open Source tools from the series and provides the basis
for the other add-ons, <P>
<LI> the <A HREF="#mxODBC">eGenix.com
mxODBC Distribution</A> and <P>
<LI> the <A
HREF="#mxEXPERIMENTAL">eGenix.com mx Experimental package</A>
which we use to test drive new mx extensions before moving
them to other distributions. <P>
</UL>
<P>
The packages are covered by the eGenix.com Public License
and/or the eGenix.com Commercial License. Details about the
licenses can be found on the <A
HREF="http://www.egenix.com/files/python/mxLicense.html">eGenix.com
License Page</A>.
<P>
</UL>
<A NAME="Packages"></A>
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<H3>Packages</H3>
<UL>
<P>
The following subpackages are included in the eGenix.com mx
Extension series, each providing fast and efficient
implementations for various application domains. All
subpackages live in the <TT>mx</TT> top-level Python package
to avoid naming collisions with other Python software.
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<A HREF="#mxBASE" style="text-decoration:none;"><B>eGenix.com mx Base Distribution</B></A>:
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<TR><TD> </TD></TR>
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<UL>
<SMALL>
<A HREF="mxDateTime.pdf">mxDateTime</A> - Generic Date/Time Datatypes <BR>
<A HREF="mxTextTools.pdf">mxTextTools</A> - Fast Text Processing Tools <BR>
<A HREF="mxStack.pdf">mxStack</A> - Fast and Memory-Efficient Stack Datatype <BR>
<A HREF="mxTools.pdf">mxTools</A> - Collection of Additional Builtins <BR>
<A HREF="mxProxy.pdf">mxProxy</A> - Generic Object Proxy & Weak Reference Datatype <BR>
<A HREF="mxBeeBase.pdf">mxBeeBase</A> - On-disk B+Tree Database Construction Kit <BR>
<A HREF="mxURL.pdf">mxURL</A> - Efficient Storage and Management of URL/URI Information <BR>
<A HREF="mxUID.pdf">mxUID</A> - Create and Manage Unique IDs </BR>
<BR>
>>> <A HREF="#Download-mxBASE"><B>Download</B></A> <BR>
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<A HREF="#mxODBC" style="text-decoration:none;"><B>eGenix.com mxODBC Distribution</B></A>:
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<SMALL>
<A HREF="mxODBC.pdf">mxODBC</A></B> - Python DB-API compatible ODBC
2.0 - 3.5 database interface; <BR>
supports Python 1.5.2 and Unicode for Python 2.0 and later<BR>
<BR>
>>> <A HREF="#Download-mxODBC"><B>Download</B></A> and
<A HREF="#BuyLicenses"><B>Buy Licenses</B></A><BR>
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<A HREF="#mxEXPERIMENTAL" style="text-decoration:none;"><B>eGenix.com mx Experimental Distribution</B></A>:
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<TR><TD> </TD></TR>
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<UL>
<SMALL>
<A HREF="mxNumber.pdf">mxNumber</A> - Interface to GNU MP's High Precision Numerics <BR>
<A HREF="mxTidy.pdf">mxTidy</A> - Interface to a library version of HTML Tidy <BR>
<BR>
>>> <A HREF="#Download-mxEXPERIMENTAL"><B>Download</B></A> <BR>
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<A NAME="mxBASE"></A>
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<H3>eGenix.com mx Extensions - Base Distribution</H3>
<DIV ALIGN=RIGHT>
<SMALL>
<FONT COLOR="#FF0000">Version 3.0.0</FONT>
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<UL>
<P>
The eGenix.com mx Base Distribution contains the Open Source
parts of the eGenix.com mx Extension series. They are
shipped under the new <A
HREF="mxLicense.html#Public">eGenix.com Public License
Agreement</A>. This license is an enhanced
version of the Python 2.0 license and allows you to use and
redistribute the <I>eGenix.com mx BASE</I> package in
commercial and non-commercial applications without having to
pay a fee or royalties.
<P>
The following subpackages are included in the Base Distribution:
<A NAME="mxDateTime"></A>
<H4><A HREF="mxDateTime.pdf">mxDateTime - Generic Date/Time Types</A></H4>
<UL>
<P>
mxDateTime is an extension package that provides three new
object types, DateTime, DateTimeDelta and RelativeDateTime,
which let you store and handle date/time values in a much
more natural way than by using ticks (seconds since 1.1.1970
0:00 UTC; the encoding used by the time module).
<P>
You can add, subtract and even multiply instances, pickle
and copy them and convert the results to strings, COM dates,
ticks and some other more esoteric values. In addition,
there are several convenient constructors and formatters at
hand to greatly simplify dealing with dates and times in
real-world applications.
<P>
In addition to providing an easy-to-use Python interface the
package also exports a comfortable C API interface for other
extensions to build upon. This is especially interesting for
database applications which often have to deal with
date/time values (the <A HREF="#mxODBC">mxODBC</A> package
is one example of an extension using this interface).
</UL>
<A NAME="mxTextTools"></A>
<H4><A HREF="mxTextTools.pdf">mxTextTools - Fast Text Processing Tools</A></H4>
<UL>
<P>
mxTextTools is an extension package for Python that provides
several useful functions and types that implement
high-performance text manipulation and searching algorithms
in addition to a very flexible and extendable state machine,
the Tagging Engine, that allows scanning and processing text
based on low-level byte-code "programs" written using Python
tuples. It gives you access to the speed of C without the
need to do any compile and link steps every time you change
the parsing description.
<P>
Applications include parsing structured text, finding and
extracting text (either exact or using translation tables)
and recombining strings to form new text.
</UL>
<A NAME="mxStack"></A>
<H4><A HREF="mxStack.pdf">mxStack - Fast and Memory-Efficient Stack Type</A></H4>
<UL>
<P>
mxStack is an extension package that provides a new object
type called Stack. It works much like what you would expect
from such a type, having .push() and .pop() methods and
focusses on obtaining maximum speed at low memory costs.
</UL>
<A NAME="mxTools"></A>
<H4><A HREF="mxTools.pdf">mxTools - Collection of Additional Builtins</A></H4>
<UL>
<P>
mxTools is an extension package that includes a collection
of handy functions and objects giving additional
functionality in form of new builtins to the Python
programmer.
<P>
The package auto-installs the new functions and objects as
builtins upon first import. This means that they become
instantely available to all other modules without any
further action on your part. Add the line <CODE>import
mx.Tools.NewBuiltins</CODE> to your site.py script and they
will be available to all users at your site as if they were
installed in the Python interpreter itself.
</UL>
<A NAME="mxProxy"></A>
<H4><A HREF="mxProxy.pdf">mxProxy - Generic Proxy Wrapper Type</A></H4>
<UL>
<P>
mxProxy is an extension package that provides a new type
that is suitable to implement Bastion like features without
the need to use restricted execution environments.
<P>
The type's main features are <I>secure data
encapsulation</I> (the hidden objects are not accessible
from Python since they are stored in internal C structures),
<I>customizable attribute lookup</I> methods and a
<I>cleanup protocol</I> that helps in breaking circular
references prior to object deletion.
<P>
The latest version adds a very interesting new feature:
<I>weak references</I> which help you work with circular
references in a way that doesn't cause memory leakage in a
Python system.
</UL>
<A NAME="mxBeeBase"></A>
<H4><A HREF="mxBeeBase.pdf">mxBeeBase - On-disk B+Tree Based Database Kit</A></H4>
<UL>
<P>
mxBeeBase is a high performance construction kit for disk
based indexed databases. It offers components which you can
plug together to easily build your own custom mid-sized
databases (the current size limit is
<CODE>sizeof(long)</CODE> which gives you an address range
of around 2GB on 32-bit platforms).
<P>
The two basic building blocks in mxBeeBase are
<I>storage</I> and <I>index</I>. Storage is implemented as
variable record length data storage with integrated data
protection features, automatic data recovery and locking for
multi process access. Indexes use a high performance
optimized B+Tree implementation built on top of <A
HREF="http://epaperpress.com/">Thomas Niemann</A>'s Cookbook
B+Tree implementation.
</UL>
<A NAME="mxURL"></A>
<H4><A HREF="mxURL.pdf">mxURL - An URL Datatype</A></H4>
<UL>
<P>
mxURL provides a new datatype for storing and
manipulating URL values as well as a few helpers related to
URL building, encoding and decoding.
<P>
The main intention of the package is to provide an easy to
use, fast and lightwheight datatype for Universal Resource
Locators (note the W3C now calls these URIs).
</UL>
<A NAME="mxUID"></A>
<H4><A HREF="mxUID.pdf">mxUID - An UID Datatype</A></H4>
<UL>
<P>
mxUID provides a fast mechanism for generating universal
identification strings (UIDs). The intent is to make these
UIDs unique with high probability in order to serve as
object or data set identifiers.
<P>
A typical use lies in generating session IDs. Other areas
where unique IDs play an important role are
RPC-implementations, ORBs, etc.
</UL>
<A NAME="Download-mxBASE"></A></A>
<H4>Downloads</H4>
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<B>IMPORTANT:</B>
<P>
By downloading, installing or using the
<I>egenix-mx-base package</I>, you agree to the terms
and conditions set forth in the <A
HREF="mxLicense.html#Public">eGenix.com Public License
Agreement</A> which is an Open Source
license comparable to the Python license.
<P>
<B>Commercial Support:</B> <BR> Professional level <A
HREF="#Support">support</A> for this package as well
as all other mx packages is available directly from
the developers at eGenix.com.
<P>
<B>Consulting:</B> <BR> eGenix.com offers professional
consulting services around this package, including
customized modifications, help with application design
around this package and on-site problem solving.
Please contact <a
href="mailto:consulting@egenix.com">mailto:consulting@egenix.com</a>
for details.
<P>
<B>Free User Support:</B> <BR> We have created a user
mailing list where users can help users. To sign up,
please use the <A
HREF="http://www.egenix.com/mailman/listinfo/egenix-users">egenix-users</A>
mailing list web-interface. You can unsubscribe using
the same interface at any time.
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<input name="platform" type="hidden" value="win32">
<select name="python">
<option value="py2.1.exe">Python 2.1 (Installer EXE)</option>
<option value="py2.2.exe">Python 2.2 (Installer EXE)</option>
<option value="py2.3.exe">Python 2.3 (Installer EXE)</option>
<option value="py2.4.exe">Python 2.4 (Installer EXE)</option>
<option value="py2.5.msi" selected>Python 2.5 (MSI Installer)</option>
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<option value="py2.2_ucs2">Python 2.2 (Prebuilt Distribution as ZIP File)</option>
<option value="py2.3_ucs2">Python 2.3 UCS2 (Prebuilt Distribution as ZIP File)</option>
<option value="py2.3_ucs4">Python 2.3 UCS4 (Prebuilt Distribution as ZIP File)</option>
<option value="py2.4_ucs2">Python 2.4 UCS2 (Prebuilt Distribution as ZIP File)</option>
<option value="py2.4_ucs4">Python 2.4 UCS4 (Prebuilt Distribution as ZIP File)</option>
<option value="py2.5_ucs2">Python 2.5 UCS2 (Prebuilt Distribution as ZIP File)</option>
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Linux, 64-bit:
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<input name="version" type="hidden" value="3.0.0">
<input name="platform" type="hidden" value="linux-x86_64">
<select name="python">
<option value="py2.1_ucs2">Python 2.1 (Prebuilt Distribution as ZIP File)</option>
<option value="py2.2_ucs2">Python 2.2 (Prebuilt Distribution as ZIP File)</option>
<option value="py2.3_ucs2">Python 2.3 UCS2 (Prebuilt Distribution as ZIP File)</option>
<option value="py2.3_ucs4">Python 2.3 UCS4 (Prebuilt Distribution as ZIP File)</option>
<option value="py2.4_ucs2">Python 2.4 UCS2 (Prebuilt Distribution as ZIP File)</option>
<option value="py2.4_ucs4">Python 2.4 UCS4 (Prebuilt Distribution as ZIP File)</option>
<option value="py2.5_ucs2">Python 2.5 UCS2 (Prebuilt Distribution as ZIP File)</option>
<option value="py2.5_ucs4" selected>Python 2.5 UCS4 (Prebuilt Distribution as ZIP File)</option>
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FreeBSD, 32-bit:
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<input name="platform" type="hidden" value="freebsd-6.1-RELEASE-i386">
<select name="python">
<option value="py2.1_ucs2">Python 2.1 (Prebuilt Distribution as ZIP File)</option>
<option value="py2.2_ucs2">Python 2.2 (Prebuilt Distribution as ZIP File)</option>
<option value="py2.3_ucs2">Python 2.3 UCS2 (Prebuilt Distribution as ZIP File)</option>
<option value="py2.3_ucs4">Python 2.3 UCS4 (Prebuilt Distribution as ZIP File)</option>
<option value="py2.4_ucs2">Python 2.4 UCS2 (Prebuilt Distribution as ZIP File)</option>
<option value="py2.4_ucs4">Python 2.4 UCS4 (Prebuilt Distribution as ZIP File)</option>
<option value="py2.5_ucs2">Python 2.5 UCS2 (Prebuilt Distribution as ZIP File)</option>
<option value="py2.5_ucs4" selected>Python 2.5 UCS4 (Prebuilt Distribution as ZIP File)</option>
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Mac OS X, PPC + Intel (Universal Binaries):
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<select name="platformpython">
<option value="darwin-8.9.0-Power_Macintosh-py2.3_ucs2">Python 2.3 UCS2 (Prebuilt Distribution as ZIP File)</option>
<option value="darwin-8.9.0-Power_Macintosh-py2.3_ucs4">Python 2.3 UCS4 (Prebuilt Distribution as ZIP File)</option>
<option value="darwin-8.9.0-Power_Macintosh-py2.4_ucs2">Python 2.4 UCS2 (Prebuilt Distribution as ZIP File)</option>
<option value="darwin-8.9.0-Power_Macintosh-py2.4_ucs4">Python 2.4 UCS4 (Prebuilt Distribution as ZIP File)</option>
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Solaris, 32-bit:
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<input name="product" type="hidden" value="egenix-mx-base">
<input name="version" type="hidden" value="3.0.0">
<input name="platform" type="hidden" value="freebsd-6.1-RELEASE-i386">
<select name="python">
<option value="py2.1_ucs2">Python 2.1 (Prebuilt Distribution as ZIP File)</option>
<option value="py2.2_ucs2">Python 2.2 (Prebuilt Distribution as ZIP File)</option>
<option value="py2.3_ucs2">Python 2.3 UCS2 (Prebuilt Distribution as ZIP File)</option>
<option value="py2.3_ucs4">Python 2.3 UCS4 (Prebuilt Distribution as ZIP File)</option>
<option value="py2.4_ucs2">Python 2.4 UCS2 (Prebuilt Distribution as ZIP File)</option>
<option value="py2.4_ucs4">Python 2.4 UCS4 (Prebuilt Distribution as ZIP File)</option>
<option value="py2.5_ucs2">Python 2.5 UCS2 (Prebuilt Distribution as ZIP File)</option>
<option value="py2.5_ucs4" selected>Python 2.5 UCS4 (Prebuilt Distribution as ZIP File)</option>
</select>
<input value="download" type="submit" onClick="form.action = form.baseurl.value + form.product.value + '-' + form.version.value + '.' + form.platform.value + '-' + form.python.value + '.prebuilt.zip'; return true;">
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Source Code:
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<input name="version" type="hidden" value="3.0.0">
<input name="platform" type="hidden" value="freebsd-6.1-RELEASE-i386">
<select name="archive">
<option value="zip" selected>Python 2.1 - 2.5 (Source Distribution as ZIP File)</option>
</select>
<input value="download" type="submit" onClick="form.action = form.baseurl.value + form.product.value + '-' + form.version.value + '.' + form.archive.value; return true;">
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<P>
<B>Notes:</B>
<P>
<UL>
<LI>
The <B>Windows installer</B> includes all the
binaries necessary to import the extensions with a
one particular Python version. Please always
download the correct installer for your Python
version, otherwise you won't be able to install the
packages.
<P>
<LI>
The <B>Linux binary RPMs</B> install to
<TT>/usr</TT>. If you want to install the RPMs into
a different path <TT>/usr</TT>, then you should
fetch the source packages and rebuild them from
source. When installing packages for multiple
Python versions, be sure to first install the RPM
for the oldest Python version and then proceed with
the more recent ones (or use the
<CODE>--force</CODE> option to install them in any
order).
<P>
<LI>
The <B>Prebuilt Distribution</B> is a distutils
distribution that comes with pre-compiled C
binaries. This allows you to install the package
without having to run a C compiler. To install run
<tt>python setup.py install</tt> in the prebuilt
distribution directory. This will install the
packages to your default site packages
directory. You may need to have root permissions to
complete the installation.
<P>
<LI>
The <B>Source Distribution</B> will install on most
platforms that support Python and distutils. To
install run <tt>python setup.py install</tt> in the
source distribution directory. This will install the
packages to your default site packages
directory. You may need to have root permissions to
complete the installation.
<P>
</UL>
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</TABLE>
</UL>
<A NAME="Install-mxBASE"></A>
<H4>Installation</H4>
<UL>
<P>
On Unix systems supporting the <B>RPM formats</B> the
package can be installed using the standard operating system
tools, e.g. <CODE>rpm -i egenix-mx-base-xxxx.rpm</CODE> will
install the package and <CODE>rpm -e
egenix-mx-base-xxxx</CODE> deinstall it. When installing
packages for multiple Python versions, be sure to first
install the RPM for the oldest Python version and then
proceed with the more recent ones (or use the
<CODE>--force</CODE> option to install them in any order).
Note that the above RPMs install the extensions into
<TT>/usr</TT> not <TT>/usr/local</TT> as previous versions
did !
<P>
On <B>Windows platforms</B> the preferred method for
installation is using the the Windows installer, since this
doesn't require a C compiler to be installed on the system.
Thanks to Thomas Heller the installer also supports
uninstall using the standard Windows uninstall procedure.
If you have trouble selecting the right Python installation,
you can also install the package using e.g. WinZIP -- the
installer .exe is a readable ZIP archive. You'll loose the
ability to uninstall the package, but at least you can get
at the included files. For Python 2.1 and below, unzip into
<TT>\Python\Lib</TT>; starting with Python 2.2, unzip into
<TT>\Python\Lib\site-packages</TT>.
<P>
All other platforms can use the <A
HREF="http://www.python.org/sigs/distutils-sig/">distutils</A>
based installation which allows building and installing the
package using the installed Python interpreter and the
standard system C compiler. On such a system, unzip the
package archive to a temporary directory and then run
<CODE>python setup.py install</CODE> to install the package
and <CODE>python setup.py uninstall</CODE> to uninstall it
again. Documentation about the usage of distutils (which is
part of Python since 2.0) is available online at the <A
HREF="http://www.python.org/sigs/distutils-sig/doc/">distutils
documentation</A> site.
</UL>
<P>
<A NAME="History-mxBASE"></A>
<H4>History</H4>
<UL>
<P>
Note that this change log only lists changes to the package
in general, not all the changes to the included
subpackages. Please refer to the subpackage documentation
for more detailed information.
<P>Changes from 2.0.5 to 3.0.0:
<UL>
<LI> Fixed the distutils setup to now allow defining
compiler options on the command line using 'python
setup.py mx_autoconf -DENABLE_FEATURE install'.
<P><LI> Lots of changes in the various sub-packages. See
the sub-package documentation for a full list of new
features.
<P><LI> Added source code encoding markers to those files that
need it.
<P><LI> Moved mxURL and mxUID from the Experimental
Distribution to the Base Distribution.
<P><LI> Added better support for Python DEBUG builds. The
total reference counting should now also work in case
object constructors raise exceptions.
<LI> Added Python 2.4 and 2.5 support.
</UL>
<P>Changes from 2.0.4 to 2.0.5:
<UL>
<LI> Added Python 2.3 support.
</UL>
<P>Changes from 2.0.3 to 2.0.4:
<UL>
<LI> RPMs now install to /usr/ instead of
/usr/local/. This change was necessary to resynch to the
standard Python RPMs.
<P><LI> The mx distutils build system was updated to the
latest version.
</UL>
<P>Changes from 2.0.2 to 2.0.3:
<UL>
<LI> Some cleanup of assignments to __debug__ which
cause warnings in Python 2.1.
<P><LI> Added some missing header files. These are needed
by third party tools in case they rely on the provided C
interfaces.
<P><LI> <B>Changed</B> the error class object fullnames to
properly include the complete package path.
<P><LI> Corrected a bug in the free list management of the
various types which showed up when using pymalloc.
<P><LI> Prepared the tools for Python 2.2.
</UL>
<P>Changes from 2.0.1 to 2.0.2:
<UL>
<LI> Added compiler support for Cygwin. Thanks to Mark
Hadfield for pointing out the necessary changes.
<P><LI> Reworked the RPM packaging for different Python
versions: you can now install the RPMs for different
Python versions side-by-side.
<P><LI> Updated a few packages, e.g. the mxDateTime
package.
</UL>
<P>Changes from 2.0.0 to 2.0.1:
<UL>
<LI> Added back .h header files to the
mx-subdirectories. Third-party software was relying on
these files, but the distutils process did not include
them per default.
<P><LI> New release for Python 2.1.
</UL>
</UL>
</UL>
<P>
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<P>
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mxODBC package of the eGenix.com mx Extension series. It is
shipped under the <A
HREF="mxLicense.html#Commercial">eGenix.com Commercial
License Agreement 1.2.0</A>. This license <a
href="#BuyLicenses"><b>requires buying licenses</b></a> in
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for details.
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<H4><A HREF="mxODBC.pdf">mxODBC - Generic ODBC Interface for Python</A></H4>
<UL>
<P>
mxODBC is an extension package that provides a Python
Database API compliant interface to ODBC capable database
drivers and managers (supported ODBC versions are 2.0 -
3.5).
<P>
In addition to the capabilities provided through the
standard DB API it also gives access to a rich set of
catalog methods which allow you to scan the database for
tables, procedures, etc. Furthermore, it uses the
mxDateTime package for date/time value interfacing
eliminating most of the problems these types normally
introduce (other in/output formats are available too).
<P>
The new version does not only allow you to interface to more
than one database from one process, it also comes with
<B>support for Unicode</B> (which was added to Python in
version 2.0).
<P>
The source package includes a varity of preconfigured setups
for many commonly used databases such as MySQL, Oracle,
Informix, Solid and many more. Precompiled versions of the
extension for use with the Windows ODBC manager and the Unix
iODBC manager are also available.
</UL>
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<P>
By downloading, installing or using
<I>eGenix.com mxODBC Distribution</I>, you agree to the
terms and conditions set forth in the <A
HREF="mxLicense.html#Commercial">eGenix.com Commercial
License Agreement</A>.
<P>
<B>Prerequisites:</B> <BR>
The mxODBC distribution is based on the <A
HREF="#Download-mxBASE">eGenix.com mx Base Distribution</A>
which has to be installed prior to installing the
mxODBC add-on.
<P>
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as all other mx packages is available directly from
the developers at eGenix.com.
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consulting services around this package, including
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around this package and on-site problem solving.
Please contact <a
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for details.
<P>
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<input name="product" type="hidden" value="egenix-mxodbc">
<input name="version" type="hidden" value="3.0.0">
<input name="platform" type="hidden" value="win32">
<select name="python">
<option value="py2.1.exe">Python 2.1 (Installer EXE)</option>
<option value="py2.2.exe">Python 2.2 (Installer EXE)</option>
<option value="py2.3.exe">Python 2.3 (Installer EXE)</option>
<option value="py2.4.exe">Python 2.4 (Installer EXE)</option>
<option value="py2.5.msi" selected>Python 2.5 (MSI Installer)</option>
</select>
<input value="download" type="submit" onClick="form.action = form.baseurl.value + form.product.value + '-' + form.version.value + '.' + form.platform.value + '-' + form.python.value; return true;">
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</p>
<p>
Linux, 32-bit:
<blockquote>
<form name="linux32" action="">
<input name="baseurl" type="hidden" value="http://downloads.egenix.com/python/">
<input name="product" type="hidden" value="egenix-mxodbc">
<input name="version" type="hidden" value="3.0.0">
<input name="platform" type="hidden" value="linux-i686">
<select name="python">
<option value="py2.1_ucs2">Python 2.1 (Prebuilt Distribution as ZIP File)</option>
<option value="py2.2_ucs2">Python 2.2 (Prebuilt Distribution as ZIP File)</option>
<option value="py2.3_ucs2">Python 2.3 UCS2 (Prebuilt Distribution as ZIP File)</option>
<option value="py2.3_ucs4">Python 2.3 UCS4 (Prebuilt Distribution as ZIP File)</option>
<option value="py2.4_ucs2">Python 2.4 UCS2 (Prebuilt Distribution as ZIP File)</option>
<option value="py2.4_ucs4">Python 2.4 UCS4 (Prebuilt Distribution as ZIP File)</option>
<option value="py2.5_ucs2">Python 2.5 UCS2 (Prebuilt Distribution as ZIP File)</option>
<option value="py2.5_ucs4" selected>Python 2.5 UCS4 (Prebuilt Distribution as ZIP File)</option>
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<input value="download" type="submit" onClick="form.action = form.baseurl.value + form.product.value + '-' + form.version.value + '.' + form.platform.value + '-' + form.python.value + '.prebuilt.zip'; return true;">
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</blockquote>
</p>
<p>
Linux, 64-bit:
<blockquote>
<form name="linux64" action="">
<input name="baseurl" type="hidden" value="http://downloads.egenix.com/python/">
<input name="product" type="hidden" value="egenix-mxodbc">
<input name="version" type="hidden" value="3.0.0">
<input name="platform" type="hidden" value="linux-x86_64">
<select name="python">
<option value="py2.1_ucs2">Python 2.1 (Prebuilt Distribution as ZIP File)</option>
<option value="py2.2_ucs2">Python 2.2 (Prebuilt Distribution as ZIP File)</option>
<option value="py2.3_ucs2">Python 2.3 UCS2 (Prebuilt Distribution as ZIP File)</option>
<option value="py2.3_ucs4">Python 2.3 UCS4 (Prebuilt Distribution as ZIP File)</option>
<option value="py2.4_ucs2">Python 2.4 UCS2 (Prebuilt Distribution as ZIP File)</option>
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<option value="py2.5_ucs2">Python 2.5 UCS2 (Prebuilt Distribution as ZIP File)</option>
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FreeBSD, 32-bit:
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<input name="version" type="hidden" value="3.0.0">
<input name="platform" type="hidden" value="freebsd-6.1-RELEASE-i386">
<select name="python">
<option value="py2.1_ucs2">Python 2.1 (Prebuilt Distribution as ZIP File)</option>
<option value="py2.2_ucs2">Python 2.2 (Prebuilt Distribution as ZIP File)</option>
<option value="py2.3_ucs2">Python 2.3 UCS2 (Prebuilt Distribution as ZIP File)</option>
<option value="py2.3_ucs4">Python 2.3 UCS4 (Prebuilt Distribution as ZIP File)</option>
<option value="py2.4_ucs2">Python 2.4 UCS2 (Prebuilt Distribution as ZIP File)</option>
<option value="py2.4_ucs4">Python 2.4 UCS4 (Prebuilt Distribution as ZIP File)</option>
<option value="py2.5_ucs2">Python 2.5 UCS2 (Prebuilt Distribution as ZIP File)</option>
<option value="py2.5_ucs4" selected>Python 2.5 UCS4 (Prebuilt Distribution as ZIP File)</option>
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Mac OS X, PPC + Intel (Universal Binaries):
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<select name="platformpython">
<option value="darwin-8.9.0-Power_Macintosh-py2.3_ucs2">Python 2.3 UCS2 (Prebuilt Distribution as ZIP File)</option>
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Solaris, 32-bit:
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<input name="platform" type="hidden" value="freebsd-6.1-RELEASE-i386">
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</p>
<P>
<B>Notes:</B>
<P>
<UL>
<LI>
The <B>Windows installer</B> only includes the
<CODE>mx.ODBC.Windows</CODE> subpackage as this is
the only relevant sub-package on Windows. Please
always download the correct installer for your
Python version, otherwise you won't be able to
install the packages.
<P>
<LI>
The <B>Linux binary RPMs</B> only include the
subpackages <CODE>mx.ODBC.iODBC</CODE> (<A
HREF="http://www.iodbc.org/">iODBC Driver
Manager</A> maintained by <A
HREF="http://www.openlinksw.com/">OpenLink</A>) and
<CODE>mx.ODBC.unixODBC</CODE> (<A
HREF="http://www.unixODBC.org/">unixODBC Driver
Manager</A>). You normally have these installed on
your system if you happen to use an ODBC capable
database on your Linux machine. When installing
packages for multiple Python versions, be sure to
first install the RPM for the oldest Python version
and then proceed with the more recent ones (or use
the <CODE>--force</CODE> option to install them in
any order). Note that the above RPMs install the
extensions into <TT>/usr</TT> !
<P>
<LI>
The <B>Prebuilt Distribution</B> is a distutils
distribution that comes with pre-compiled C
binaries. This allows you to install the package
without having to run a C compiler. To install run
<tt>python setup.py install</tt> in the prebuilt
distribution directory. This will install the
packages to your default site packages
directory. You may need to have root permissions to
complete the installation.
<P>
<LI>
Please note that redistribution of these files is
not allowed. Contact <A
HREF="mailto:licenses@egenix.com">licenses@egenix.com</A>
for details about redistribution terms.
<P>
</UL>
</TD></TR>
</TABLE>
</UL>
<A NAME="Install-mxCOMMERCIAL"></A>
<A NAME="Install-mxODBC"></A>
<H4>Installation</H4>
<UL>
<P>
On Unix systems supporting the <B>RPM formats</B> the
package can be installed using the standard operating system
tools, e.g. <CODE>rpm -i
egenix-mxodbc-xxxx.rpm</CODE> will install the
package and <CODE>rpm -e egenix-mxodbc-xxxx</CODE>
deinstall it. If you don't have both iODBC and unixODBC
installed on your system, you should try to run <CODE>rpm -i
--nodeps egenix-mxodbc-xxxx.rpm</CODE>. This will
skip the dependency checks and forces an install even though
RPM cannot find all required libs.
<P>
On <B>Windows platforms</B> the preferred method for
installation is using the Windows installer, since this
doesn't require a C compiler to be installed on the system.
Thanks to Thomas Heller the installer also supports
uninstall using the standard Windows uninstall procedure.
If you have trouble selecting the right Python installation,
you can also install the package using e.g. WinZIP -- the
installer .exe is a readable ZIP archive. You'll loose the
ability to uninstall the package, but at least you can get
at the included files. For Python 2.1 and below, unzip into
<TT>\Python\Lib</TT>; starting with Python 2.2, unzip into
<TT>\Python\Lib\site-packages</TT>.
<P>
All other platforms can use the <A
HREF="http://www.python.org/sigs/distutils-sig/">distutils</A>
based installation which allows installing the distribution
using the installed Python interpreter. On such a system,
unzip the package archive to a temporary directory and then
run <CODE>python setup.py install</CODE> to install the
pre-built package and <CODE>python setup.py uninstall</CODE> to
uninstall it again. Documentation about the usage of
distutils (which is part of Python since 2.0) is available
online at the <A
HREF="http://www.python.org/sigs/distutils-sig/doc/">distutils
documentation</A> site.
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Licenses for commercial end-users are available as CPU
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<A NAME="History-mxCOMMERCIAL"></A>
<A NAME="History-mxODBC"></A>
<H4>History</H4>
<UL>
<P>
Note that this change log only lists changes to the package
in general, not all the changes to the included
subpackages. Please refer to the subpackage documentation
for more detailed information.
<P>Changes from 2.0.6 to 3.0.0:
<UL>
<LI> The usual bunch of small ODBC driver compatibility
fixes for mxODBC.
<P><LI> Lots of enhancements in mxODBC. See the mxODBC
documentation for details.
<P><LI> Fixed a bug in the distutils extension building
mechanism which causes the compiler to share object
between multiple subpackages. This caused e.g. the
unixODBC (which is built after the iODBC package in
standard builds) to not use unixODBC, but iODBC instead.
<P><LI> <B>Changed</B> the error class object fullnames to
properly include the complete package path.
<P><LI> Added better support for Python DEBUG builds. The
total reference counting should now also work in case
object constructors raise exceptions.
<LI> Added Python 2.4 and 2.5 support.
<P><LI> Renamed the mx Commercial Distribution to mxODBC
Distribution as mxODBC is the only package included.
</UL>
<P>Changes from 2.0.5 to 2.0.6:
<UL>
<LI> Added Python 2.3. support.
</UL>
<P>Changes from 2.0.4 to 2.0.5:
<UL>
<LI> Added full Unicode support for longchar and ntext
columns for MS SQL Server and MS Access ODBC drivers.
<P><LI> Moved the RPM installation paths from /usr/local
to /usr to be compliant to the standard Python RPMs which
are made available on python.org.
</UL>
<P>Changes from 2.0.3 to 2.0.4:
<UL>
<LI> Enhanced compatiblity to Unicode-aware ODBC drivers
such as the latest MS SQL Server and MS Access ODBC
drivers.
<P><LI> Minor fixes to workaround problems with buggy ODBC
drivers.
</UL>
<P>Changes from 2.0.2 to 2.0.3:
<UL>
<P><LI> Added compiler support for Cygwin. Thanks to Mark
Hadfield for pointing out the necessary changes.
<P><LI> Reworked the RPM packaging for different Python
versions: you can now install the RPMs for different
Python versions side-by-side.
</UL>
<P>Changes from 2.0.1 to 2.0.2:
<UL>
<P><LI> New release for Python 2.1.
</UL>
<P>Changes from 2.0.0 to 2.0.1:
<UL>
<P><LI> Added work-arounds to aid in connecting to
databases using the Windows ODBC manager.
</UL>
</UL>
</UL>
<P>
<A NAME="mxEXPERIMENTAL"></A>
<HR SIZE=1 NOSHADE WIDTH="100%">
<H3>eGenix.com mx Extensions - Experimental Distribution</H3>
<DIV ALIGN=RIGHT>
<SMALL>
<FONT COLOR="#FF0000">Version 3.0.0</FONT>
</SMALL>
</DIV>
<UL>
<P>
The eGenix.com mx Experimental Distribution contains experimental
software which will eventually be integrated into one of the
standard eGenix.com mx Extension series packages.
<P>
The package may contain subpackages which are shipped under
the <A HREF="mxLicense.html#Public">eGenix.com Public
License Agreement</A>, the <A
HREF="mxLicense.html#Commercial">eGenix.com Commercial
License Agreement</A> and other licenses such
as the Library GNU Public License (LGPL) or MIT licenses.
<P>
Please note that the software in these packages is still in
alpha or beta state and does not meet the quality standards
of production quality software.
<P>
The following subpackages are included in the Experimental Distribution:
<A NAME="mxNumber"></A>
<H4><A HREF="mxNumber.pdf">mxNumber - Extended Numeric Types</A></H4>
<UL>
<P>
mxNumber is an extension package which provides access to a
new set of basic numeric types.
<P>
The package uses the <A
HREF="http://http://www.swox.com/gmp/">GNU Multi-Precision
Library (GMP)</A> as basis for providing this functionality
at high performance on a wide range of platforms including
all Unix and Windows platforms. This library is licensed
under the Library GNU Public License (LGPL) which means that
it does not have the viral character as the standard GPL
does. It usable with software which is not GPL-compatible,
such as closed-source commercial software.
<P>
This mxNumber package is licensed under the <A
HREF="mxLicense.html#Public">eGenix.com Public License
Agreement</A>; the Windows package also
includes a pre-compiled version of the <A
HREF="http://http://www.swox.com/gmp/">GNU Multi-Precision
Library (GMP)</A> which eGenix.com ported to Windows. The
patches needed for porting GMP to Windows are also included
in the source package.
<P>
<B>Note:</B> mxNumber relies on the new coercions features
in Python 2.1. Older Python versions are not supported and
mxNumber won't run with these versions.
</UL>
<A NAME="mxTidy"></A>
<H4><A HREF="mxTidy.pdf">mxTidy - Interface to HTML Tidy (HTML/XML cleanup tool)</A></H4>
<UL>
<P>
mxTidy provides a Python interface to a thread-safe, library
version of the <a
href="http://www.w3.org/People/Raggett/tidy/">HTML Tidy</a>.
command line tool.
<P>
HTML Tidy helps you to cleanup coding errors in HTML and XML
files and produce well-formed HTML, XHTML or XML as output.
This allows you to preprocess web-page for inclusion in XML
repositories, prepare broken XML files for validation and
also makes it possible to write converters from well-known
word processing applications such as MS Word to other
structured data representations by using XML as intermediate
format.
</UL>
<A NAME="Download-mxEXPERIMENTAL"></A>
<H4>Downloads</H4>
<UL>
<TABLE BGCOLOR="#EEEEEE" CELLPADDING="5">
<TR><TD>
<P>
<B>IMPORTANT:</B>
<P>
By downloading, installing or using the
<I>egenix-mx-experimental package</I>, you agree to
the terms and conditions set forth by the licenses of
the included subpackages (see previous section for
details).
<P>
<B>Prerequisites:</B> <BR>
The Experimental Distribution is based on the
<A HREF="#Download-mxBASE">eGenix.com mx
Base Distribution</A> which has to be installed prior to installing
the EXPERIMENTAL add-on package.
<P>
<B>Commercial Support:</B> <BR> Professional level <A
HREF="#Support">support</A> for this package as well
as all other mx packages is available directly from
the developers at eGenix.com.
<P>
<B>Consulting:</B> <BR> eGenix.com offers professional
consulting services around this package, including
customized modifications, help with application design
around this package and on-site problem solving.
Please contact <a
href="mailto:consulting@egenix.com">mailto:consulting@egenix.com</a>
for details.
<P>
<B>Free User Support:</B> <BR> We have created a user
mailing list where users can help users. To sign up,
please use the <A
HREF="http://www.egenix.com/mailman/listinfo/egenix-users">egenix-users</A>
mailing list web-interface. You can unsubscribe using
the same interface at any time.
<p>
Windows:
<blockquote>
<form name="windows" action="">
<input name="baseurl" type="hidden" value="http://downloads.egenix.com/python/">
<input name="product" type="hidden" value="egenix-mx-experimental">
<input name="version" type="hidden" value="3.0.0">
<input name="platform" type="hidden" value="win32">
<select name="python">
<option value="py2.1.exe">Python 2.1 (Installer EXE)</option>
<option value="py2.2.exe">Python 2.2 (Installer EXE)</option>
<option value="py2.3.exe">Python 2.3 (Installer EXE)</option>
<option value="py2.4.exe">Python 2.4 (Installer EXE)</option>
<option value="py2.5.msi" selected>Python 2.5 (MSI Installer)</option>
</select>
<input value="download" type="submit" onClick="form.action = form.baseurl.value + form.product.value + '-' + form.version.value + '.' + form.platform.value + '-' + form.python.value; return true;">
</form>
</blockquote>
</p>
<p>
Linux, 32-bit:
<blockquote>
<form name="linux32" action="">
<input name="baseurl" type="hidden" value="http://downloads.egenix.com/python/">
<input name="product" type="hidden" value="egenix-mx-experimental">
<input name="version" type="hidden" value="3.0.0">
<input name="platform" type="hidden" value="linux-i686">
<select name="python">
<option value="py2.1_ucs2">Python 2.1 (Prebuilt Distribution as ZIP File)</option>
<option value="py2.2_ucs2">Python 2.2 (Prebuilt Distribution as ZIP File)</option>
<option value="py2.3_ucs2">Python 2.3 UCS2 (Prebuilt Distribution as ZIP File)</option>
<option value="py2.3_ucs4">Python 2.3 UCS4 (Prebuilt Distribution as ZIP File)</option>
<option value="py2.4_ucs2">Python 2.4 UCS2 (Prebuilt Distribution as ZIP File)</option>
<option value="py2.4_ucs4">Python 2.4 UCS4 (Prebuilt Distribution as ZIP File)</option>
<option value="py2.5_ucs2">Python 2.5 UCS2 (Prebuilt Distribution as ZIP File)</option>
<option value="py2.5_ucs4" selected>Python 2.5 UCS4 (Prebuilt Distribution as ZIP File)</option>
</select>
<input value="download" type="submit" onClick="form.action = form.baseurl.value + form.product.value + '-' + form.version.value + '.' + form.platform.value + '-' + form.python.value + '.prebuilt.zip'; return true;">
</form>
</blockquote>
</p>
<p>
Linux, 64-bit:
<blockquote>
<form name="linux64" action="">
<input name="baseurl" type="hidden" value="http://downloads.egenix.com/python/">
<input name="product" type="hidden" value="egenix-mx-experimental">
<input name="version" type="hidden" value="3.0.0">
<input name="platform" type="hidden" value="linux-x86_64">
<select name="python">
<option value="py2.1_ucs2">Python 2.1 (Prebuilt Distribution as ZIP File)</option>
<option value="py2.2_ucs2">Python 2.2 (Prebuilt Distribution as ZIP File)</option>
<option value="py2.3_ucs2">Python 2.3 UCS2 (Prebuilt Distribution as ZIP File)</option>
<option value="py2.3_ucs4">Python 2.3 UCS4 (Prebuilt Distribution as ZIP File)</option>
<option value="py2.4_ucs2">Python 2.4 UCS2 (Prebuilt Distribution as ZIP File)</option>
<option value="py2.4_ucs4">Python 2.4 UCS4 (Prebuilt Distribution as ZIP File)</option>
<option value="py2.5_ucs2">Python 2.5 UCS2 (Prebuilt Distribution as ZIP File)</option>
<option value="py2.5_ucs4" selected>Python 2.5 UCS4 (Prebuilt Distribution as ZIP File)</option>
</select>
<input value="download" type="submit" onClick="form.action = form.baseurl.value + form.product.value + '-' + form.version.value + '.' + form.platform.value + '-' + form.python.value + '.prebuilt.zip'; return true;">
</form>
</blockquote>
</p>
<p>
FreeBSD, 32-bit:
<blockquote>
<form name="freebsd32" action="">
<input name="baseurl" type="hidden" value="http://downloads.egenix.com/python/">
<input name="product" type="hidden" value="egenix-mx-experimental">
<input name="version" type="hidden" value="3.0.0">
<input name="platform" type="hidden" value="freebsd-6.1-RELEASE-i386">
<select name="python">
<option value="py2.1_ucs2">Python 2.1 (Prebuilt Distribution as ZIP File)</option>
<option value="py2.2_ucs2">Python 2.2 (Prebuilt Distribution as ZIP File)</option>
<option value="py2.3_ucs2">Python 2.3 UCS2 (Prebuilt Distribution as ZIP File)</option>
<option value="py2.3_ucs4">Python 2.3 UCS4 (Prebuilt Distribution as ZIP File)</option>
<option value="py2.4_ucs2">Python 2.4 UCS2 (Prebuilt Distribution as ZIP File)</option>
<option value="py2.4_ucs4">Python 2.4 UCS4 (Prebuilt Distribution as ZIP File)</option>
<option value="py2.5_ucs2">Python 2.5 UCS2 (Prebuilt Distribution as ZIP File)</option>
<option value="py2.5_ucs4" selected>Python 2.5 UCS4 (Prebuilt Distribution as ZIP File)</option>
</select>
<input value="download" type="submit" onClick="form.action = form.baseurl.value + form.product.value + '-' + form.version.value + '.' + form.platform.value + '-' + form.python.value + '.prebuilt.zip'; return true;">
</form>
</blockquote>
</p>
<p>
Mac OS X, PPC + Intel (Universal Binaries):
<blockquote>
<form name="macosx" action="">
<input name="baseurl" type="hidden" value="http://downloads.egenix.com/python/">
<input name="product" type="hidden" value="egenix-mx-experimental">
<input name="version" type="hidden" value="3.0.0">
<select name="platformpython">
<option value="darwin-8.9.0-Power_Macintosh-py2.3_ucs2">Python 2.3 UCS2 (Prebuilt Distribution as ZIP File)</option>
<option value="darwin-8.9.0-Power_Macintosh-py2.3_ucs4">Python 2.3 UCS4 (Prebuilt Distribution as ZIP File)</option>
<option value="darwin-8.9.0-Power_Macintosh-py2.4_ucs2">Python 2.4 UCS2 (Prebuilt Distribution as ZIP File)</option>
<option value="darwin-8.9.0-Power_Macintosh-py2.4_ucs4">Python 2.4 UCS4 (Prebuilt Distribution as ZIP File)</option>
<option value="macosx-10.3-fat-py2.5_ucs2">Python 2.5 UCS2 (Prebuilt Distribution as ZIP File)</option>
<option value="macosx-10.3-fat-py2.5_ucs4" selected>Python 2.5 UCS4 (Prebuilt Distribution as ZIP File)</option>
</select>
<input value="download" type="submit" onClick="form.action = form.baseurl.value + form.product.value + '-' + form.version.value + '.' + form.platformpython.value + '.prebuilt.zip'; return true;">
</form>
</blockquote>
</p>
<p>
Solaris, 32-bit:
<blockquote>
<form name="solaris" action="">
<input name="baseurl" type="hidden" value="http://downloads.egenix.com/python/">
<input name="product" type="hidden" value="egenix-mx-experimental">
<input name="version" type="hidden" value="3.0.0">
<input name="platform" type="hidden" value="freebsd-6.1-RELEASE-i386">
<select name="python">
<option value="py2.1_ucs2">Python 2.1 (Prebuilt Distribution as ZIP File)</option>
<option value="py2.2_ucs2">Python 2.2 (Prebuilt Distribution as ZIP File)</option>
<option value="py2.3_ucs2">Python 2.3 UCS2 (Prebuilt Distribution as ZIP File)</option>
<option value="py2.3_ucs4">Python 2.3 UCS4 (Prebuilt Distribution as ZIP File)</option>
<option value="py2.4_ucs2">Python 2.4 UCS2 (Prebuilt Distribution as ZIP File)</option>
<option value="py2.4_ucs4">Python 2.4 UCS4 (Prebuilt Distribution as ZIP File)</option>
<option value="py2.5_ucs2">Python 2.5 UCS2 (Prebuilt Distribution as ZIP File)</option>
<option value="py2.5_ucs4" selected>Python 2.5 UCS4 (Prebuilt Distribution as ZIP File)</option>
</select>
<input value="download" type="submit" onClick="form.action = form.baseurl.value + form.product.value + '-' + form.version.value + '.' + form.platform.value + '-' + form.python.value + '.prebuilt.zip'; return true;">
</form>
</blockquote>
</p>
<P>
Source Code:
<blockquote>
<form name="source" action="">
<input name="baseurl" type="hidden" value="http://downloads.egenix.com/python/">
<input name="product" type="hidden" value="egenix-mx-experimental">
<input name="version" type="hidden" value="3.0.0">
<input name="platform" type="hidden" value="freebsd-6.1-RELEASE-i386">
<select name="archive">
<option value="zip" selected>Python 2.1 - 2.5 (Source Distribution as ZIP File)</option>
</select>
<input value="download" type="submit" onClick="form.action = form.baseurl.value + form.product.value + '-' + form.version.value + '.' + form.archive.value; return true;">
</form>
</blockquote>
</p>
<P>
<B>Notes:</B>
<P>
<UL>
<LI>
The <B>Windows installer</B> includes all the
binaries necessary to import the extensions with a
one particular Python version. Please always
download the correct installer for your Python
version, otherwise you won't be able to install the
packages.
<P>
<LI>
The <B>Linux binary RPMs</B> install to
<TT>/usr</TT>. If you want to install the RPMs into
a different path <TT>/usr</TT>, then you should
fetch the source packages and rebuild them from
source. When installing packages for multiple
Python versions, be sure to first install the RPM
for the oldest Python version and then proceed with
the more recent ones (or use the
<CODE>--force</CODE> option to install them in any
order).
<P>
<LI>
The <B>Prebuilt Distribution</B> is a distutils
distribution that comes with pre-compiled C
binaries. This allows you to install the package
without having to run a C compiler. To install run
<tt>python setup.py install</tt> in the prebuilt
distribution directory. This will install the
packages to your default site packages
directory. You may need to have root permissions to
complete the installation.
<P>
<LI>
The <B>Source Distribution</B> will install on most
platforms that support Python and distutils. To
install run <tt>python setup.py install</tt> in the
source distribution directory. This will install the
packages to your default site packages
directory. You may need to have root permissions to
complete the installation.
<P>
</UL>
</TD></TR>
</TABLE>
</UL>
<A NAME="Install-mxEXPERIMENTAL"></A>
<H4>Installation</H4>
<UL>
<P>
On Unix systems supporting the <B>RPM formats</B> the
package can be installed using the standard operating system
tools, e.g. <CODE>rpm -i
egenix-mx-experimental-xxxx.rpm</CODE> will install the
package and <CODE>rpm -e egenix-mx-experimental-xxxx</CODE>
deinstall it. When installing packages for multiple Python
versions, be sure to first install the RPM for the oldest
Python version and then proceed with the more recent ones
(or use the <CODE>--force</CODE> option to install them in
any order).
<P>
On <B>Windows platforms</B> the preferred method for
installation is using the the Windows installer, since this
doesn't require a C compiler to be installed on the system.
Thanks to Thomas Heller the installer also support uninstall
using the standard Windows uninstall procedure.
<P>
All other platforms can use the <A
HREF="http://www.python.org/sigs/distutils-sig/">distutils</A>
based installation which allows building and installing the
package using the installed Python interpreter and the
standard system C compiler. On such a system, unzip the
package archive to a temporary directory and then run
<CODE>python setup.py install</CODE> to install the package
and <CODE>python setup.py uninstall</CODE> to uninstall it
again. Documentation about the usage of distutils (which is
part of Python since version 2.0) is available online at the <A
HREF="http://www.python.org/sigs/distutils-sig/doc/">distutils
documentation</A> site.
</UL>
<P>
<A NAME="History-mxEXPERIMENTAL"></A>
<H4>History</H4>
<UL>
<P>
Note that this change log only lists changes to the package
in general, not all the changes to the included
subpackages. Please refer to the subpackage documentation
for more detailed information.
<P>Changes from 0.8.0 to 3.0.0:
<UL>
<LI> <B>Moved</B> mxURL and mxUID into the Base Distribution.
<P><LI> Added better support for Python DEBUG builds. The
total reference counting should now also work in case
object constructors raise exceptions.
<P><LI> Synchronized the version number to the Base Distribution.
<LI> Added Python 2.4 and 2.5 support.
</UL>
<P>Changes from 0.7.0 to 0.8.0:
<UL>
<LI> Added Python 2.3 support.
</UL>
<P>Changes from 0.6.0 to 0.7.0:
<UL>
<LI> <B>Changed</B> the error class object fullnames to
properly include the complete package path.
<P><LI> Fixed a bug in the distutils setup which caused
the linking of mxNumber against GMP to be skipped on Unix
platforms. Thanks to Keith Briggs for pointing me to this
bug.
<P><LI> Moved the RPM installation paths from /usr/local
to /usr to be compliant to the standard Python RPMs which
are made available on python.org.
<P><LI> Fixed a UTF-8 related bug in mxTidy.
</UL>
<P>Changes from 0.5.0 to 0.6.0:
<UL>
<LI> Added new packages mxURL and mxUID.
<P><LI> The package now depends on the Base Distribution (at
least the new subpackages mx.URL and mx.UID do).
</UL>
<P>Changes from 0.4.0 to 0.5.0:
<UL>
<LI> Added some missing header files. These are needed
by third party tools in case they rely on the provided C
interfaces.
<P><LI> Bugfixes in mxTidy, version 0.2.0.
</UL>
<P>Changes from 0.3.0 to 0.4.0:
<UL>
<LI> Added new experimental package mxTidy.
<P><LI> Reworked the docs a little and corrected the
misnaming of mxNumber (it was called mxNumeric in a few
places).
<P><LI> Minor tweaks to the mxNumber package.
<P><LI> Added some missing header files. These are needed
by third party tools in case they rely on the provided C
interfaces.
</UL>
<P>Changes from 0.2.0 to 0.3.0:
<UL>
<LI> Updated mxNumber to version 0.3.0.
<P><LI> Reworked the RPM packaging for different Python
versions: you can now install the RPMs for different
Python versions side-by-side.
</UL>
</UL>
</UL>
<P>
<A NAME="Support"></A>
<HR SIZE=1 NOSHADE WIDTH="100%">
<H3>Commercial Support</H3>
<UL>
<P>
Commercial email support for all mx packages is now
available from my company eGenix.com GmbH, Langenfeld,
Germany.
<P>
Due to popular demand, I have setup a per-incident support
service which is based on support tickets. A ticket is valid
for one support incident and includes up to one hour of
consulting work. Tickets can be bought online from the
secure <B><A HREF="http://shop.egenix.com/">eGenix.com
Online Shop</A></B> which is powered by <A
HREF="http://www.shareit.com/">ShareIT.com</A>.
<P>
Support for the Python mx Extensions is available as email
support only. Support languages are English or
German.
<P>
Please send support questions to <A
HREF="mailto:support@egenix.com?subject=%3Cquestion%3E%20(Ref%23%20%3Cyour%20ticket%20order%20ID%20goes%20here%3E)">support@egenix.com</A>
together with the order reference ID (the ticket ID) you
receive by email when buying tickets in the subject line,
e.g. "mxODBC and Sybase (Ref# 667514)".
<P>
If you want to know more about the provided services, please
contact the <A HREF="mailto:info@egenix.com">eGenix.com Information
Desk</A>.
</UL>
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