What's the simplest way to access mssql with python or ironpython?

Question

I\'ve got mssql 2005 running on my personal computer with a database I\'d like to run some python scripts on. I\'m looking for a way to do some really simple access on the d

Answer 1

Everyone else seems to have the cPython -> SQL Server side covered. If you want to use IronPython, you can use the standard ADO.NET API to talk to the database:

import clr
clr.AddReference('System.Data')
from System.Data.SqlClient import SqlConnection, SqlParameter

conn_string = 'data source=; initial catalog=; trusted_connection=True'
connection = SqlConnection(conn_string)
connection.Open()
command = connection.CreateCommand()
command.CommandText = 'select id, name from people where group_id = @group_id'
command.Parameters.Add(SqlParameter('group_id', 23))

reader = command.ExecuteReader()
while reader.Read():
    print reader['id'], reader['name']

connection.Close()

If you've already got IronPython, you don't need to install anything else.

Lots of docs available here and here.