SQLAlchemy

SQLAlchemy is an ORM (Object Relational Mapper) for Python which means it makes the data in a SQL database accessible to Python programs as objects.

I found these pages useful in my initial foray

Official docs for .8 release

http://tspycher.com/2012/11/python-and-sqlalchemy-0-8-example/

http://www.blog.pythonlibrary.org/2012/07/01/a-simple-sqlalchemy-0-7-0-8-tutorial/