Thank you for your response. Your answer makes sense. If the source is set up as a package then in theory it can be installed on any platform with the command setup.py install.
Thanks again. I will try again to set finish the set up on my Mac. Bob On Jan 16, 11:38 am, Tom Evans <tevans...@googlemail.com> wrote: > On Mon, Jan 16, 2012 at 4:32 PM, Python_Junkie > > <software.buy.des...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Thanks for the procedure. > > > But when I look at the list of packages for pyodbc displayed, they are > > tailored to a specific version of python /chipset. > > >http://code.google.com/p/pyodbc/downloads/list > > Note, these are not ports, but compiled packages. > > > > > I have a couple of questions. > > > 1. Where do I obtain the source code for pyodbc, above, > > So, eg from that list: > > http://code.google.com/p/pyodbc/downloads/detail?name=pyodbc-2.1.11.z... > > > 2. How do I tailor it for Lion OS and python 27 for example > > fetch the file above, unpack it > open a terminal and cd to that location > run ''sudo python setup.py install'' > > > 3. How much testing do I need to do in order to make sure that it > > works > > None/as much as you like. You aren't getting any guarantees with this > code, if there are issues related to your specific choice of platform > that other people haven't encountered, they will be unlikely to be > fixed (self evidently). > > > > > The last item leads me to another question, if I see a port of this > > package from the url above > > How confident can I be that it has been tested thoroughly > > See above. > > Cheers > > Tom -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Django users" group. To post to this group, send email to django-users@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to django-users+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/django-users?hl=en.
