[AccessD] Python Pickles

OOPS. THis should have had the Python Pickles Subject line. Sorry 
John.

On 18 Feb 2005 at 21:37, Bryan Carbonnell wrote:

> On 18 Feb 2005 at 15:35, John Bartow wrote:
> 
> > I have a guy sending me an application/database that I'm taking over
> > maintenance for. He says it is in/uses Python Pickle. He states that
> > he can convert it to most other format via scripts. I mentioned
> > would prefer it in Access VBA/mdb or SQLServer. He hasn't responded
> > yet but I'm guessing he is having some problems doing that.
> > 
> > Now, I could go out and do all kinds of research on this PP thing
> > but it is much easier to just ask here because then I can discuss it
> > with someone who knows both systems.
> 
> John,
> 
> I don't know much excepth that a Python Pickle is a storage format
> that Python uses. It can work, and does for our wonderful DBA lists,
> but it is a horribly inefficient storage medium. I almost wanted to
> call it a database, but it isn't that.
> 
> They only way that I know of to get at Python pickles is with Python,
> which is available for Windows. Precopmpiled or compile yourself from
> python.org
> 
> I know, not much help, eh...
> 
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