On 2008-08-27 13:15, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > On Aug 27, 1:08 pm, "M.-A. Lemburg" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> I don't think this is related to IDLE or your setup. The odbc >> module is very old and unmaintained, so it's possible that Windows >> doesn't find some system DLLs needed for it to work. > > Please note that > 1) I can type "import odbc" directly into the IDLE shell without > getting an error message, > but only BEFORE I've run a script that tries to import odbc.
It is possible that the script import of the odbc module left an uninitialized or half-initialized module object in sys.modules. Another possibility is that IDLE and the script import different modules with the same name due to problems on your sys.path (see my first reply). > 2) The same script runs fine under PyWin (which I don't like much as > an environment). -- Marc-Andre Lemburg eGenix.com Professional Python Services directly from the Source (#1, Aug 27 2008) >>> Python/Zope Consulting and Support ... http://www.egenix.com/ >>> mxODBC.Zope.Database.Adapter ... http://zope.egenix.com/ >>> mxODBC, mxDateTime, mxTextTools ... http://python.egenix.com/ ________________________________________________________________________ :::: Try mxODBC.Zope.DA for Windows,Linux,Solaris,MacOSX for free ! :::: eGenix.com Software, Skills and Services GmbH Pastor-Loeh-Str.48 D-40764 Langenfeld, Germany. CEO Dipl.-Math. Marc-Andre Lemburg Registered at Amtsgericht Duesseldorf: HRB 46611 -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list