Bruno Desthuilliers wrote: > Boris Dušek wrote: > >>Bruno Desthuilliers wrote: >> >>>bobrik wrote: >>> >>>>Hello, >>>> >>>>I am using the Python DB API for access to MySQL. But it is not >>>>platform-independent >>> >>>It is. You don't have to change your Python code according to the OS or >>>CPU. >>> >> >>What I mean is that wiht platform-independent access, I should be able >>to not care on which operating system is the web server accessing my >>scripts where I use MySQLdb > > > When it comes to *using* MySQLdb, you don't care about the OS, CPU and > whatnot. > > >>which I have to install (and therfore >>platform-dependently) compile myself. > > > This is a very distinct problem. > > >>The important point is that >>MySQLdb is installed as an extra module. So you have to compile it >>manually, > > > Usually, cd <src-dir> && python setup.py install do the job. > > >>but what if the OS with server accessing the site that is on >>shared area changes? > > > And what if Python is not installed on it ?-) > > Seriously, do you think that hosting companies swap OS very often ? > Well, GoDaddy just switched enough domains from Linux to Windows to make a significant difference to the Internet hosting statistics, and were allegedly paid handsomely by Microsoft to do it, but those were parked domains.
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