Python Persistence Management
By Patrick O'Brien2005-04-05
Resources
• The Python Web site is the starting point for all things Pythonic.
• The official Pickle documentation is available on the Python Web site.
• ZODB, the Z Object Database, is part of Zope, and can also be used independently to manage Python objects.
• The Prevayler Web site provides more details about the prevalence philosophy.
• PyPerSyst, the Python port of Prevayler, is available on SourceForge.
• For more on Prevaylor, read "An introduction to object prevalence" (developerWorks, August 2002).
• If you're interested in pickling Python objects as XML, read "On the Pythonic treatment of XML documents as objects" (developerWorks, August 2000).
• For an overview of using Python and Perl with IBM DB2, read "The Camel and the Snake, or 'Cheat the Prophet': Open Source Development with Perl, Python, and DB2".
• Find more resources for Linux developers in the developerWorks Linux zone.
Tutorial Pages:
» Use serialization to store Python objects
» Object persistence
» A peck of pickled Python
» Pickle power
» Schema evolution
» Conclusion
» Resources
First published by IBM DeveloperWorks
