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IBM_DB_SA 0.1.0 (2008/02/06) implementing SQLAlchemy version 0.4.0
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The IBM_DB_SA adapter provides the Python/SQLAlchemy interface to IBM
Data Servers. The implementation conforms to SQLAlchemy-0.4.0 specification:
  http://www.sqlalchemy.org/docs/04/index.html

The IBM_DB_SA adapter is packaged as a Python Egg component and is dependent on:
 - SQLAlchemy-0.4.0
 - IBM_DB_DBI Python wrapper (ibm_db_dbi)
 - IBM_DB Python driver (ibm_db)
 - IBM Data Server Driver for ODBC and CLI (db2cli) version 9


Install and Configuration
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The IBM_DB_SA Python Egg component (.egg) can be installed using the standard
setuptools provided by the Python Easy Install through Python Entreprise 
Application Kit community portal:
  http://peak.telecommunity.com/DevCenter/EasyInstall

Please follow the steps provided to Install "Easy Install" in the link above
and follow up with these additional steps to install IBM_DB_SA:

  1. To install IBM_DB_SA egg component available in the remote repositories
  (pypi.python.org or code.google.com):
    Windows:
      > easy_install ibm_db_sa
    Linux/Unix:
      $ sudo easy_install ibm_db_sa
  
  2. To install IBM_DB_SA egg component from the downloaded .egg file
    Windows:
      > easy_install ibm_db_sa-0.1.0-py2.5.egg
    Linux/Unix:
      $ sudo easy_install ibm_db_sa-0.1.0-py2.5.egg
  
  3. To uninstall IBM_DB_SA egg component:
    Windows:
      > easy_install -m ibm_db_sa==0.1.0
      > rmdir Python25\Lib\site-packages\ibm_db_sa-0.1.0-py2.5.egg
    Linux/Unix:
      $ sudo easy_install -m ibm_db_sa==0.1.0   
      $ sudo rm -rf Python25\Lib\site-packages\ibm_db_sa-0.1.0-py2.5.egg


List of Operating Systems tested
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  - SuSE Linux Server 9 32 bit
  - Ubuntu Linux 7.04 32 bit
  - Windows 32 bit


Supported Databases
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  - IBM DB2 Universal Database for Linux/Unix/Windows versions 8, 9 and 9.5


Future Supported Databases
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Informix (IDS 11 Cheetah)
Remote connections to i5/OS (iSeries)
Remote connections to z/OS (DB2 UDB for zOS)


Feedback
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  Your feedback is very much appreciated and expected through project ibm-db:
   - ibm-db project:         http://code.google.com/p/ibm-db/
   - ibm-db wiki:            http://code.google.com/p/ibm-db/w/list
   - ibm-db issues reports:  http://code.google.com/p/ibm-db/issues/list
   - ibm-db developers:      opendev@us.ibm.com
