>>> # Load PyPedal
>>> import PyPedal
>>> # Specify program options -- note that we're accessing an SQLite database
>>> options = {}
>>> options['messages'] = 'verbose'
>>> options['pedfile'] = 'hartlandclark.ped'
>>> options['pedname'] = 'Pedigree from van Noordwijck and Scharloo (1981)'
>>> options['pedformat'] = 'asdb'
>>> options['pedigree_is_renumbered'] = 1
>>> options['database_name'] = 'new_db_test'
>>> options['dbtable_name'] = 'test'
>>> options['database_type'] = 'sqlite'
>>> # Now we load the pedigree
>>> example = pyp_newclasses.loadPedigree(options)
>>> # Muck around with the database
>>> pyp_nrm.inbreeding(example)
>>> # Drop the existing table, if there is one
>>> pyp_db.deleteTable(example)
>>> # Check to see if the table is gone
>>> pyp_db.doesTableExist(example)
>>> # Creating the table
>>> pyp_db.createPedigreeTable(example)
>>> # Populating the table
>>> pyp_db.populatePedigreeTable(example)
>>> # Perform some calculations, in this case computing coefficients of inbreeding
>>> mean_inbreeding = pyp_reports.meanMetricBy(example,metric='fa',byvar='by')
>>> print mean_inbreeding

Which should give you the result:

[INFO]: Logfile hartlandclark.log instantiated.
[INFO]: Preprocessing hartlandclark.ped
[INFO]: Opening pedigree file hartlandclark.ped
[INFO]: Creating pedigree metadata object
        [INFO]:  Instantiating a new PedigreeMetadata() object...
        [INFO]:  Naming the Pedigree()...
        [INFO]:  Assigning a filename...
        [INFO]:  Attaching a pedigree...
        [INFO]:  Setting the pedcode...
        [INFO]:  Counting the number of animals in the pedigree...
        [INFO]:  Counting and finding unique sires...
        [INFO]:  Counting and finding unique dams...
        [INFO]:  Setting renumbered flag...
        [INFO]:  Counting and finding unique generations...
        [INFO]:  Counting and finding unique birthyears...
        [INFO]:  Counting and finding unique founders...
        [INFO]:  Counting and finding unique herds...
        [INFO]:  Detaching pedigree...
Metadata for Pedigree from van Noordwijck and Scharloo (1981) (hartlandclark.ped)
        Records:                15
        Unique Sires:         9
        Unique Dams:        5
        Unique Gens:         1
        Unique Years:         8
        Unique Founders:   3
        Unique Herds:         1
        Pedigree Code:       asdb
{1920: 0.0, 1960: 0.015625, 1930: 0.0, 1900: 0.0, 1970: 0.14453125, \
1940: 0.015625, 1910: 0.0, 1950: 0.078125}

Pretty snazzy, eh?