Standalone Python client for recent versions of MaxDB / Python?

Question

Folks;
I remember seeing some Python related things coming with the MaxDB installation, as well as I remember having a separate bundle of code to make MaxDB accessible from within Python available with earlier versions. However, simply trying to use the Python bits that come with MaxDB along with the Python installation on my workstation (Ubuntu 9.10) failed, so obviously it's not that easy. Is anyone so far using the MaxDB Python tooling and eventually capable / willing to point out how to use the MaxDB Python code with a locally installed Python environment?
TIA and all the best,
Kristian

Answer 1

Lars;
sorry for the fuzzy question, I'll surely learn I promise. To be more verbose:
(a) I tried following the installation prodecure explained in MaxDB Library -> "Interfaces" -> "Python Manual" -> "Configuring the Python Modules". This tells to download a package "maxdb-python-*" which I consistently fail to find on SDN.
(b) I tried
export PYTHONPATH=/home/kr/kontext/runtime/appservers/maxdb/apps/lib/python2.3
as a "naive" approach trying to add to the PYTHONPATH the Python modules that come with a full MaxDB installation. By then, trying an "import sdb.sql" ends up somehow more or less like this:
>>> import sdb.sql
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "<stdin>", line 1, in <module>
ImportError: sdb/sqlmodule.so: undefined symbol: __gxx_personality_v0
On my platform, however, Python version locally installed is pretty much newer than 2.3 (2.6.4 actually), so I am not sure whether it's a problem of not having the "right" bits of MaxDB Python code installed, of the MaxDB Python bits not being compatible with current versions of Python or any other problems. Is there, overally asking, a way of getting MaxDB Python tooling to work with current Python version?
Many thanks in advance,
Kristian