Win2k Pro - installed python: ok Example 2.1 from DiveIntoPython tutorial copied and pasted into "Pythonwin - Python IDE and GUI Framework for Windows." -------------------------------------------------------------- def buildConnectionString(params): """Build a connection string from a dictionary of parameters.
Returns string.""" return ";".join(["%s=%s" % (k, v) for k, v in params.items()]) if __name__ == "__main__": myParams = {"server":"mpilgrim", \ "database":"master", \ "uid":"sa", \ "pwd":"secret" \ } print buildConnectionString(myParams) -------------------------------------------------------------- produces.. ================================================= >>> C:\Python25\Lib\site-packages\pythonwin\pywin\mfc\object.py: 23: DeprecationWarning: raising a string exception is deprecated raise win32ui.error, "The MFC object has died." pwd=secret;database=master;uid=sa;server=mpilgrim ================================================= DiveIntoPython example 2.1 result: server=mpilgrim;uid=sa;database=master;pwd=secret ..which I realise is essentially the same (except for order). I haven't ever (not that I remember) installed MFC. Help! tia Alan -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list