Re: python 2.5 & sqlite3

2006-10-12 Thread Steve Holden
Trent Mick wrote: >>if it doesn't, it wouldn't be the first time they'd (by accident or on >>purpose) left things out. > > > Other than SSL, do you have examples? > > > trust me, it'd cause a lot less confusion if > >>ActivePython was a true superset of the python.org distribution. > > >

Re: python 2.5 & sqlite3

2006-10-12 Thread Trent Mick
> if it doesn't, it wouldn't be the first time they'd (by accident or on > purpose) left things out. Other than SSL, do you have examples? > trust me, it'd cause a lot less confusion if > ActivePython was a true superset of the python.org distribution. For every extension except SSL support

Re: python 2.5 & sqlite3

2006-10-12 Thread Fredrik Lundh
John Salerno wrote: > Now, if the ActiveState distro *doesn't* include the libraries, then I > would probably call it broken too. :) if it doesn't, it wouldn't be the first time they'd (by accident or on purpose) left things out. trust me, it'd cause a lot less confusion if ActivePython was a

Re: python 2.5 & sqlite3

2006-10-12 Thread John Salerno
Fredrik Lundh wrote: > I still think the "get the official build (and add win32all if you're > doing native windows stuff)" advice is sound, though. Agreed. It seems silly to use anything other than the official release. But anyway, I think the OP was confused about having to install the sqlit

Re: python 2.5 & sqlite3

2006-10-11 Thread Fredrik Lundh
John Machin wrote: > The Activestate Python 2.5 distribution is not yet available. > > (1) Why is the effbot saying that a not-yet available distribution is > broken? because I misread the "waiting for" in the first paragraph; Python 2.5 has been out for some while, and the OP's post didn't app

Re: python 2.5 & sqlite3

2006-10-11 Thread BartlebyScrivener
>> Looks like it could be from reading some >> build-Python-from-source instructions for Unix platforms ... Yes, Sorry. I read the doc too hastily. >> If you're compiling the Python source yourself, >> note that the source tree doesn't include the SQLite code, >> only the wrapper module. I'm

Re: python 2.5 & sqlite3

2006-10-11 Thread John Machin
Fredrik Lundh wrote: > BartlebyScrivener wrote: > > Fredrik Lundh wrote: > > > >> wasting time on broken distributions? > > > > It's not broken. > > of course it's broken; the official release ships with properly built > and properly tested versions of the stuff you're struggling to install. > > >

Re: python 2.5 & sqlite3

2006-10-11 Thread Fredrik Lundh
> > Either way I need to know where to put the sqlite files, right? > > not if you're using a proper release, no. the easiest way to unbreak your ActiveState installation is probably to install the python.org version, and copy c:\Python25\DLLs\_sqlite3.pyd and c:\Python25\DLLs\sql

Re: python 2.5 & sqlite3

2006-10-11 Thread Gabriel Genellina
At Wednesday 11/10/2006 18:45, BartlebyScrivener wrote: > wasting time on broken distributions? It's not broken. I like Pythonwin better than IDLE. Either way I need to know where to put the sqlite files, right? You can download Pythonwin (and the whole win32all packages) from http://sourcef

Re: python 2.5 & sqlite3

2006-10-11 Thread Fredrik Lundh
BartlebyScrivener wrote: > Fredrik Lundh wrote: > >> wasting time on broken distributions? > > It's not broken. of course it's broken; the official release ships with properly built and properly tested versions of the stuff you're struggling to install. > I like Pythonwin better than IDLE. l

Re: python 2.5 & sqlite3

2006-10-11 Thread BartlebyScrivener
Fredrik Lundh wrote: > wasting time on broken distributions? It's not broken. I like Pythonwin better than IDLE. Either way I need to know where to put the sqlite files, right? rd -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

Re: python 2.5 & sqlite3

2006-10-11 Thread Fredrik Lundh
BartlebyScrivener wrote: > Sorry, I have a knack for making things more difficult than they need > to be. I'm on Windows XP and waiting for the ActiveState release of > Python 2.5. I want to experiment with sqlite and I see that Python 2.5 > has the "wrapper" but sqlite itself must be downloaded

python 2.5 & sqlite3

2006-10-11 Thread BartlebyScrivener
Sorry, I have a knack for making things more difficult than they need to be. I'm on Windows XP and waiting for the ActiveState release of Python 2.5. I want to experiment with sqlite and I see that Python 2.5 has the "wrapper" but sqlite itself must be downloaded separately. I see no installation