[root@minefield goal]# ./pypy-c
Python 2.7.1 (a97d08283ea7+, May 31 2011, 09:50:10)
[PyPy 1.5.0-alpha0 with GCC 4.5.1] on linux2
Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information.
And now for something completely different: ``rpython: syntax and semantics of
python, speed of c, restrictions of java and compiler error messages as
penetrable as MUMPS''
>>>> import cx_Oracle as dbdriver
>>>> dbuser = '***'
>>>> dbpassword = '***'
>>>> db_host_port = '192.168.211.118:1521'
>>>> db_database = '***db'
>>>> dbconn = dbdriver.connect('%s/%s@%s/%s' % (dbuser, dbpassword, db_host_port, db_database))
>>>> dbconn
<Connection object at 0x0b099488>
>>>> cur = dbconn.cursor()
>>>> cur.execute('select :value from dual', "it works!")
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "<console>", line 1, in <module>
DatabaseError: ORA-01036: illegal variable name/number

>>>> cur.execute('select :value from dual', value="it works!")
<Cursor object at 0x0b042b00>
>>>> cur.fetchone()
('it works!',)