May 2008
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Python PostgreSQL interfaces: pg8000 vs. psycopg2...
I have great hopes for the pg8000 project, which is a PostgreSQL interface written entirely in Python.
The current standard in this category is something called psycopg2. It depends on libpq (the official PostgreSQL client library). While it works great, it can be difficult to get it running on some platforms (ahem, OS X), because you need to download all of PostgreSQL to get the client library....
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When downloading an .EXE file in IE, it loses its...
Internet Explorer has odd behavior when downloading certain files. If you have an .exe file, but it’s served by a URL with a query string, IE will lose the file extension.
An example might be easier to understand.
Let’s say you’re using Amazon S3 to serve your downloads. You’ve got a file, myfile.exe, that your customer wants to download. Using S3 you generate a URL that allows them to...