DB-API
Like Java and Perl, Python has developed a unified API for database access: DB-API. This database API was developed by a Python Special Interest Group (SIG) called the Database SIG. The Database SIG is a group of influential Python developers interested in implementing Python access to various databases. On the positive side, DB-API is a very small, simple API. On the negative side, it has design flaws. Part of its problem is that, being small, it does not support many of the more complex features database programmers expect in a database API. It also fails to achieve true database independence. As a comprehensive database access API, it still leaves a lot to be desired and does not compete with more mature APIs such as Perl DBI and Java JDBC. You should therefore expect significant changes in this API over time.
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