There are other alternatives to odbc depending on the database; if
you are using Postgresql, for example, pyscopg provides better speed
and capabilities than odbc. It's available for Windows, too (don't recall
about Macs).
Sure, but a generic ABI like ODBC is very useful. Right
now I work with DB2 on Windows NT, and I don't have access
to a C or C++ compiler in this environment. Since the
target environment (and the location of some of the databases
I access) is an IBM Mainframe, I seriously doubt that
PostgreSQL will be considered. 
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