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Use

You can use the SAP MaxDB Python modules to access SAP MaxDB databases from Python scripts.

Table 1: SAP MaxDB Python Modules

Name

Programming Interface

Use

sdb.dbapi Module

SQL

Executing SQL statements

(implements the Python Database API Specification v2.0)

sdb.sql Module

SQL

Executing SQL statements

(SAP MaxDB-specific)

The SAP MaxDB Python modules can be used on all operating systems supported by the database system. They are part of the SAP MaxDB software.

Procedure

Installing the Python Modules

Constraints

For Unicode-compatible databases only: In SQL statements, you can only use Unicode values in input and output parameters.