MySQLDBAPI

[deelan]

Gregory Piñero wrote:
> Hey guys,
(...)
> 
> My first question is if there is anything built into python as far as
> a Database API that will work with MySQL.  It seems like there should
> be because Python without it is kinda useless for web development.  If
> there is then I'd probably prefer to use that instead.

there is not. mysqldb module is the answer.

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>>>cd MySQL-python-1.2.0
>>>python2.4 setup.py install --home=~
> 
> running install
> running build
> running build_py
> running build_ext
> building '_mysql' extension
> gcc -pthread -fno-strict-aliasing -DNDEBUG -g -O3 -Wall
> -Wstrict-prototypes -fPIC -I/usr/local/include/python2.4 -c _mysql.c
> -o build/temp.linux-i686-2.4/_mysql.o
> -I'/usr/local/mysql/include/mysql'
> _mysql.c:41:19: mysql.h: No such file or directory
> _mysql.c:42:26: mysqld_error.h: No such file or directory
> _mysql.c:43:20: errmsg.h: No such file or directory
> error: command 'gcc' failed with exit status 1

you need mysql-devel package installed to compile the "_mysql" extension.

just look a the release notes:
<https://sourceforge.net/project/shownotes.php?group_id=22307&release_id=303257>

HTH.

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