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Running MySQL scripts (.sql files) from python
This should have been more obvious. All I wanted was to run a simple script e.g. myscript.sql in MySQL from python in Windows. Some things worked fine from the DOS prompt but failed from within python (and RUN for that matter). Here is the answer in the form of a simple function (NB to get [...]
Real Interoperability
A recent Computerworld article “Microsoft loses appeal against EU antitrust ruling” contains some very good news for IT consumers everywhere. OK it took legal force, a massive fine (€497 million), and it was resisted every step of the way, but Microsoft is finally going to enable genuine interoperability. http://computerworld.co.nz/news.nsf/news/53A9FEF5880B1C7DCC25735900739D2F? opendocument&utm_source=topnews&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=topnews How is this good? It [...]