What type of database is SQLAlchemy?

What database does SQLAlchemy use?

Since SQLAlchemy relies on the DBAPI specification to interact with databases, the most common database management systems available are supported. PostgreSQL, MySQL, Oracle, Microsoft SQL Server, and SQLite are all examples of engines that we can use alongside with SQLAlchemy.

Is SQLAlchemy a relational database?

SQLAlchemy considers the database to be a relational algebra engine, not just a collection of tables. Rows can be selected from not only tables but also joins and other select statements; any of these units can be composed into a larger structure. SQLAlchemy's expression language builds on this concept from its core.

Is SQLAlchemy a database?

It's not a database, but a library for handling databases, or as they put it: SQLAlchemy is the Python SQL toolkit and Object Relational Mapper that gives application developers the full power and flexibility of SQL. The file based dialect is SQLite.

Is SQLAlchemy same as MySQL?

SQLAlchemy provides a nice “Pythonic” way of interacting with databases. So rather than dealing with the differences between specific dialects of traditional SQL such as MySQL or PostgreSQL or Oracle, you can leverage the Pythonic framework of SQLAlchemy to streamline your workflow and more efficiently query your data.