I had a python script that needs to access an oracle 11g database and run a select statement to pull back some records. The select statement is pretty much a simple: import cx_Oracle c = cx_Oracle ...

But Python, in combination with open source libraries like NumPy and Pandas, is undeniably important in the same arena. And now that SQL Server accommodates both languages, Microsoft has made ...

The headliner is an big bump in performance for the SQL engine and better coverage of ANSI specs, while enhancements to the Python API will bring joy to data scientists everywhere. In 10 short years, ...