How to build extensions on Windows?

[Fredrik Lundh]

Kevin D.Smith wrote:

> This almost worked (at least, it appears to).  I got the module to 
> build and install using VS 2005.  It works fine if I run python from 
> the directory where I built the extension.  However, if you go to any 
> other directory, run python, and try to import the module, I get the 
> following error:
> 
> ImportError: dynamic module does not define init function (initsasSQL)
> 
> Why would it work from one directory, but not another?

do you perhaps have a different "sassql.dll" file in your Python path?

(Python's standard import mechanism looks for PYD, DLL, PY, PYW, and 
PYC, in that order.)

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