Progress database dialect

[Former user]

does sqlalchemy support Progress database engine? If not, is there a time frame when the dialect will be developed?

[Mike Bayer]

Not sure if I've ever heard of Progress. A general rule of open source projects is that timeframes are generally determined by someone stepping up to contribute.

[Mike Bayer]

First off it appears to only support ODBC so someone would have to ensure pyodbc or perhaps mxodbc can interface Python to it. Also there appears to be scant information on this database on the web - the leading hit is not the vendor itself: http://www.smart-it-consulting.com/catindex.htm?node=46 there is also a PDF on the progress site: http://www.progress.com/progress/products/datasheets/docs/rdbms.pdf . There's not much anyone can do here without a developer that has the time and access to this product.

[Mike Bayer]

"alternate" dialects like these can now be tackled as projects external to SQLAlchemy itself.