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Chapter 21. Database <strong>Programming</strong><br />

Chapter Topics<br />

● Introduction<br />

● Databases and <strong>Python</strong> RDBMSs, ORMs, and <strong>Python</strong><br />

● Database Application Programmer's Interface (DB-API)<br />

● Relational Databases (RDBMSs)<br />

● Object-Relational Mappers (ORMs)<br />

● Related Modules<br />

● Exercises<br />

In this chapter, we discuss how to communicate with databases from <strong>Python</strong>. Earlier, we discussed<br />

simplistic persistent storage, but in many cases, a full-fledged relational database management system<br />

(RDBMS) is required for your application.

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