Turns out I was not running from source. Thanks for your help!
Avik
On May 19, 7:53 am, Alexandre Andrade <alexandrema...@gmail.com>
wrote:
> the correct driver is not python-mysql, but mysqldb.
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> 2010/5/18 Avik Basu <avikb...@gmail.com>
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> > Hello,
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> > I am having some trouble connecting to a MySQL server running on my
> > local machine (Macbook Pro running Snow Leopard with My SQL 5.1.46).
> > I use the following connection string:
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> > db = DAL('mysql://root:passw...@localhost/test', pool_size=10)
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> > and I get the following error:
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> > Traceback (most recent call last):
> > File "gluon/restricted.py", line 178, in restricted
> > File "/Applications/web2py.app/Contents/Resources/applications/
> > FWv7_12/models/db.py", line 9, in <module>
> > File "gluon/sql.py", line 3840, in DAL
> > RuntimeError: Failure to connect to DB. Tried 5 times
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> > I do have the python-mysql driver properly installed. Also, I am able
> > to connect to the database named 'test' both from the shell and using
> > a third party MySQL app (Sequel Pro). There are no existing tables in
> > the 'test' database to begin with. Any ideas why the connection may be
> > failing?
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> > Avik
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> --
> Atenciosamente
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> Alexandre Andrade
> Hipercenter.com
