MySQLdb undefined symbol

[Gerhard =?unknown-8bit?Q?H=E4ring?=]

On Sun, Nov 18, 2001 at 03:14:46AM -0800, HW wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> I get the following error when I try to import MySQLdb:
> 
> >>> import MySQLdb
> Traceback (most recent call last):
>   File "<stdin>", line 1, in ?
>   File "/home/clairvision/local/lib/python2.1/site-packages/MySQLdb/__init__.py",
> line 27, in ?
>     import _mysql
> ImportError: /home/clairvision/local/lib/python2.1/site-packages/_mysql.so:
> undefined symbol: mysql_field_count
> >>> 
> 
> Red Hat 6.2, python 2.1.1, MySQLdb 0.9.1
> 
> Any ideas?

Maybe your MySQL is too old. The README says you need MySQL >= 3.22.19. But I'd
use the latest 3.23.x anyway.

Gerhard
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