R and Python already had access SQL Server, of course, but only if running externally, and thus transferring data queried from the SQL Server to the machine running the code. Running the code ...

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 ...