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FDB - 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

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… _Python: http://python.org
… _Python Database API 2.0: http://www.python.org/dev/peps/pep-0249/
… _Firebird: http://www.firebirdsql.org
… _Bug Reports: http://tracker.firebirdsql.org/browse/PYFB
… _Home: http://www.firebirdsql.org/en/devel-python-driver/
… _Source: https://github.com/FirebirdSQL/fdb
… _Documentation: http://fdb.readthedocs.io/en/v2.0/

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