Python and MySQL

[Steve Holden]

Aquarius wrote:
> I appologize in advance for this strange (and possibly stupid)
> question.
> 
> I want to know if there is a way to interface a MySQL database without
> Python-MySQL or without installing anything that has C files that need
> to be compiled. The reason for this, is that I want to develop a
> certain web application, but my hosting provider (!#@$!@#%) isn't very
> eager to supply Python-MySQL (or any modules to python). Is there an
> alternative approach I could use to pass around this ridiculos lack of
> functionality?
> 
You'll definitely need something to call the database API functions, I 
suspect.

You could do a *private* install of the module though, surely, on your 
web host?

regards
  Steve
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