MySQL Connectivity

[Steve Holden]

Gaz Oakley wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I've looked through the mailing list archives trying to find the best ways
> of connecting to a MySQL database using Python. From what I've seen, people
> seem to be using http://sourceforge.net/projects/mysql-python/. First of
> all, is this the recommended method of connectivity? (I'm assuming it is).
> 
> If it is, I've experienced a problem here. I'd ideally like to have Python
> 2.3 installed with MySQLdb. Following the instructions on
> http://sourceforge.net/forum/forum.php?thread_id=948054&forum_id=70461 I
> tried to build an RPM that would work with Python 2.3. It appears to be
> using rpm -ba to build. I can fix that, but it would indicate that the build
> script is somewhat out of date (rpmbuild has been around for a long time
> now). Are there any newer RPM's for this anywhere or any newer build
> scripts? Is the testing version relatively stable? (although I havent
> checked this is fixing the build problem yet)
> 
If all you want is to *install* the software, why not just run "python 
setup.py install" instead of trying to create an RPM then install that?

regards
  Steve