Re: [INTERFACES] Announcing PgSQL - a Python DB-API 2.0 compliant interface to PostgreSQL

On Tue, 10 Oct 2000, Billy G. Allie wrote:

> Tom Lane wrote:
> > "Billy G. Allie" <Bill(dot)Allie(at)mug(dot)org> writes:
> > > Peter Eisentraut wrote:
> > >> Sounds interesting, but isn't "pgsql" an extremely unfortunate choice of
> > >> name, given that it's already used as an abbreviation for "PostgreSQL"?
> >
> > > PgSQL is the name of the module you import in Python to access a PostgreSQL
> > > database from Python using the DB-API 2.0. The project name on SourceForge
> > > is "Python Interface to PostgreSQL". Of course, it there is too much heart
> > > burn with the modules name, I can change it.
> >
> > FWIW, my initial reaction was the same as Peter's: that name is certain
> > to cause confusion. I don't want to try to force you to change it, but
> > I think it's not a good choice.
> >
> > Don't have a better alternative to offer offhand, however.
> >
> > regards, tom lane
>
> I couldn't think of a better alternative, either. That's why the module
> name is PgSQL. Of course, seeing 'import PgSQL' in the python code seems
> to imply loading code to access PostgreSQL. It's kind of self-documenting,
> don'y you think? :-)

D'Arcy's is PyGreSQL ...
>
>
> I am, however, open to suggestions to a better alternative if one can be
> offered.
>
>
> I am, however, open to suggestions to a better alternative if one can be
> offered.
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