fdb 2.0.2

The Python driver for Firebird

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FDB is a Python library package that implements Python Database API 2.0-compliant support for the open source relational database Firebird ®. In addition to the minimal feature set of the standard Python DB API, FDB also exposes the entire native (old-style) client API of the database engine. Notably:

• Automatic data conversion from strings on input.

• Automatic input/output conversions of textual data between UNICODE and database character sets.

• Support for prepared SQL statements.

• Multiple independent transactions per single connection.

• All transaction parameters that Firebird supports, including table access specifications.

• Distributed transactions.

• Firebird BLOB support, including support for stream BLOBs.

• Support for Firebird Events.

• Support for Firebird ARRAY data type.

• Support for all Firebird Services

FDB also contains extensive collection of submodules that simplify various Firebird-related tasks. Notably:

• Database schema

• Firebird monitoring tables

• Parsing Firebird trace & audit logs

• Parsing Firebird server log

• Parsing Firebird gstat utility output