12.1 About Embedded Python Execution

With Embedded Python Execution, you can invoke user-defined Python functions in Python engines spawned and managed by the Oracle database instance.

Embedded Python Execution is available in Oracle Autonomous Database.

In Oracle Autonomous Database, you can use:

• • An OML Notebooks Python interpreter session (see Use the Python Interpreter in a Notebook Paragraph)
  • REST API for Embedded Python Execution
  • SQL API for Embedded Python Execution with Autonomous Database

In an on-premises Oracle Database, you can use:

• In an on-premises Oracle Database, you can use:

  • Python API for Embedded Python Execution
  • SQL API for Embedded Python Execution with On-premises Database

The following topic compares the four Embedded Python Execution APIs.

Topics:

• Comparison of the Embedded Python Execution APIs
  The table below compares the four Embedded Python Execution APIs.