I had a python script that needs to access an oracle 11g database and run a select statement to pull back some records. The select statement is pretty much a simple: import cx_Oracle c = cx_Oracle ...

Queries in Peewee use a syntax that hearkens back to SQL itself; for example, Person.select(Person.name, Person.id).where(Person.age>20). Peewee also lets you return the results as rich Python ...

For comparison, the equivalent SQL query to return all of the students in CS 101 would be something like SELECT student.name FROM courses, enrollees, students WHERE course.name ="CS 101" That ...

But Python, in combination with open source libraries like NumPy and Pandas, is undeniably important in the same arena. And now that SQL Server accommodates both languages, Microsoft has made ...