From 319e5a3d8e92ccc97faeeaecd55313131e5a611b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Mike Bayer Date: Fri, 19 Aug 2022 10:16:34 -0400 Subject: [PATCH] remove notes re: current pymssql DBAPI features Fixes: #8337 Change-Id: Ib0c107bb386489dcb6d1683f29d0a9574dd96f1e --- lib/sqlalchemy/dialects/mssql/pymssql.py | 18 ------------------ 1 file changed, 18 deletions(-) diff --git a/lib/sqlalchemy/dialects/mssql/pymssql.py b/lib/sqlalchemy/dialects/mssql/pymssql.py index e211c14616..96d03a908c 100644 --- a/lib/sqlalchemy/dialects/mssql/pymssql.py +++ b/lib/sqlalchemy/dialects/mssql/pymssql.py @@ -21,24 +21,6 @@ pymssql is a Python module that provides a Python DBAPI interface around pymssql is currently not included in SQLAlchemy's continuous integration (CI) testing. -Modern versions of this driver worked very well with SQL Server and FreeTDS -from Linux and were highly recommended. However, pymssql is currently -unmaintained and has fallen behind the progress of the Microsoft ODBC driver in -its support for newer features of SQL Server. The latest official release of -pymssql at the time of this document is version 2.1.4 (August, 2018) and it -lacks support for: - -1. table-valued parameters (TVPs), -2. ``datetimeoffset`` columns using timezone-aware ``datetime`` objects - (values are sent and retrieved as strings), and -3. encrypted connections (e.g., to Azure SQL), when pymssql is installed from - the pre-built wheels. Support for encrypted connections requires building - pymssql from source, which can be a nuisance, especially under Windows. - -The above features are all supported by mssql+pyodbc when using Microsoft's -ODBC Driver for SQL Server (msodbcsql), which is now available for Windows, -(several flavors of) Linux, and macOS. - """ # noqa import re -- 2.47.2