README

SQLAlchemy
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The Python SQL Toolkit and Object Relational Mapper

Requirements
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SQLAlchemy requires Python 2.4 or higher.  One or more DB-API implementations
are also required for database access.  See docs/intro.html for more
information on supported DB-API implementations.

Python 3 Compatibility
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Please see README.py3k for Python 3 installation and testing instructions.

Installation Tools
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Installation is supported with standard Python distutils, as well
as with setuptools or Distribute.  Distribute is recommended.
Distribute can be installed using the provided "distribute_setup.py" 
script.  The original setuptools may be installed using the 
"ez_setup.py" script if preferred, or simply do nothing and distutils
will be used.

Installing
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To install::

  python setup.py install

To use without installation, include the ``lib`` directory in your Python
path.

Running Tests
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Please see README.unittests for full instructions on running unit tests.

Package Contents
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  doc/
     HTML documentation, including tutorials and API reference.  Point
     a browser to the "index.html" to start.

  examples/
     Fully commented and executable implementations for a variety of tasks.

  lib/
     SQLAlchemy.

  test/
     Unit tests for SQLAlchemy.

Help
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Mailing lists, wiki, and more are available on-line at
http://www.sqlalchemy.org.

License
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SQLAlchemy is distributed under the `MIT license
<http://www.opensource.org/licenses/mit-license.php>`_.