[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Hey there all, > i have a question about how to point my python install to my sql > database. > > when i enter this: db = MySQLdb.connect(user="user", passwd="pass", > db="myDB") > > i get this: > Traceback (most recent call last): > File "<pyshell#1>", line 1, in -toplevel- > db = MySQLdb.connect(user="user", passwd="pass", db="MyDB") > File "/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/MySQLdb/__init__.py", line 66, > in Connect > return Connection(*args, **kwargs) > File "/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/MySQLdb/connections.py", line > 134, in __init__ > super(Connection, self).__init__(*args, **kwargs2) > OperationalError: (1049, "Unknown database 'MyDB'") > > i am using the all in one package from lampp (now xampp) and i have > tested a couple of python scripts from the cgi, but.... nothing that > connects to the database. > > any ideas? > > thanks > Try the following from the shell (NOT the python shell): mysql -u user -p [Enter passwd] mysql> show databases;
If MyDB isn't in the list either something went wrong with the xampp installation or the database for xampp got a different name. (I am no xampp expert, so I can't help you any further) HTH, Wolfram -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list