mySQL access

[Greg Lindstrom]

Hello-

I'd like to connect to a mySQL database from Python 2.3 on Windows XP. I've
read up on the mySQLdb module, but do not have Microsoft Visual Studio for
the C++ compile part of the exercise. Am I hosed? Or is there a way do
this without having to have VS?

Thanks,

--greg

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[deelan]

Hello-

I'd like to connect to a mySQL database from Python 2.3 on Windows XP. I've
read up on the mySQLdb module, but do not have Microsoft Visual Studio for
the C++ compile part of the exercise. Am I hosed? Or is there a way do
this without having to have VS?

maybe i'm missing something, but there is a win32 binary download
for mysqldb 1.0 on sf.net:

<http://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/mysql-python/MySQL-python-1.0.0.win32-py2.3.zip?download>

project page:
<http://sourceforge.net/projects/mysql-python/>

HTH,
deelan

 

[Dennis Lee Bieber]

the C++ compile part of the exercise. Am I hosed? Or is there a way do
this without having to have VS?

Usually someone creates a Windows binary...

However, M$ has, apparently, made the base compiler available --
ie, without the VS GUI stuff; if you can figure out the command line
invocations, you could try downloading the compiler...

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