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