Don Parris wrote:
> Greetings,
>
> I'm running SUSE Linux 9.2, Python 2.3.4. I'm new to
> Python/programming. I basically installed most of the DVD when I
> installed SUSE last Fall. Things *should* be working properly, but...
>
> What originally started as a MySQL project is now using Postgres for
> the larger feature set. Instead of importing MySQLdb, I now use the
> PyGreSQL pgdb module. When attempting to load the pgdb module for use
> in my script, I get this traceback (same when I try it at the
> command-line):
>
>
>>>>pgdb.connect('localhost:chaddb_a_test:donp:d1o1l2l4')
>
> Traceback (most recent call last):
> File "<stdin>", line 1, in ?
> NameError: name 'pgdb' is not defined
>
>>>>import pgdb
>
> Traceback (most recent call last):
> File "<stdin>", line 1, in ?
> File "/usr/lib/python2.3/site-packages/pgdb.py", line 65, in ?
> except ImportError: import DateTime
> ImportError: No module named DateTime
>
>
> In the pgdb module, I found this (which matches with the traceback):
> # Marc-Andre is changing where DateTime goes. This handles it either way.
> try: from mx import DateTime
> except ImportError: import DateTime
>
> I have spent a fair amount of time searching the archives for this
> issue, but have thus far turned up nothing useful. I have no module
> "mx" that I can find in ../python2.3/lib (or other dirs. Should I
> modify the file to use datetime.so instead? I'm not certain of the
> implications of that, but it doesn't seem like the correct move. I
> greatly appreciate your help.
>
> Don
Don,
From the documentation[1] it looks like pgdb requires the mxDateTime
module[2] to work properly. You'll need to go to the URL[2], download a
copy in the appropriate format and install it on your system.
[1] http://www.druid.net/pygresql/README.txt
[2] http://www.egenix.com/files/python/mxDateTime.html
Regards,
Andy
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