Re: PyPgSQL Windows XP Installation

Gerhard Häring <[email protected]> Fri, 14 Jul 2006 22:18:14 +0200
Newsgroups gmane.comp.python.db.pypgsql.user
Message-ID <[email protected]>
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T=E4nia Jesini wrote:
> Hi all,
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> I'm trying to install the lib PyPgSQL to access PostGresSQL from Python
> but I didn't get successful.
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> My environment is:
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> - Windows XP
> - PostGresSQL 8.1
> - Python 2.4
> - PyPgSQL 2.5.1
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> What I did up to now:
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> I've tried to install the binary version of PyPgSQL:
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> pyPgSQL-2.5.1.win32-py2.4.exe
> <http://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/pypgsql/pyPgSQL-2.5.1.win32-py2.4.exe=
?download>
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> I've followed the wizard, that is in fact very simple, and tested on
> Python environment.
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> I got the followin error:
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> -------------------------
> Traceback (most recent call last):
>   File "<interactive input>", line 1, in ?
>   File "C:\Python24\Lib\site-packages\pyPgSQL\PgSQL.py", line 449, in ?
>     from libpq import *
>   File "C:\Python24\Lib\site-packages\pyPgSQL\libpq\__init__.py", line
> 23, in ?
>     from libpq import *
> ImportError: DLL load failed: The specified module could not be found.
> ----------------------------
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> thank you for any help,

You will need to make sure that the PostgreSQL DLLs are found. I have done
this by installing  PostgreSQL for Windows, and then either

a) putting the bin/ directory in the PATH or
b) copying the needed DLLs into the
C:\Python24\Lib\site-packages\pyPgSQL\libpq\ directory.

- -- Gerhard
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