Pros:
- Freely available.
- Python DB-API module available.
Cons:
- Difficult to get up and running - some of the procedures just seem
arcane (whereas PostgreSQL and MySQL make it easy to create
databases and other things).
- Python module didn't seem to be readily available for the latest
release of SAP DB and didn't work either, even though Jython could
connect using JDBC.
- Bizarre reliability problems on Windows 2000 - try and start a
server and it claims that the server needs restarting, even though
the server has just been stopped.
In my opinion, it's better to use PostgreSQL or MySQL, or to evaluate
a commercial database system. Your mileage may vary.
-- PaulBoddie - 08 Mar 2002