On Thu, Oct 02, 2008 at 07:33:41AM -0500, Ed Leafe wrote: > On Oct 2, 2008, at 3:29 AM, Chris G wrote: > > > Ah, that's a bit easier! :-) > > I thought that it might be. > > > However I can't seem to get a connection to my database. I've created > > the database called isbd in mysql as user 'chris' (who has admin > > rights in mysql). I've entered the host, database name, user (chris) > > and password in CxnEditor.py and it just says "Unable to make > > connection" when I click on "Test". > > > > How do I debug this? > > > We just had this problem last week, and it was because the MySQLdb > module was not installed. If you open up a terminal and start a Python > session, do you get an error if you type: > > import MySQLdb > Good one! Absolutely spot on, thank you.
Yes, that's fixed it, though I ended up in a 'dependency hell' between PHP applications and mySql on the way. I've been thinking I need to do a clean installation here anyway! -- Chris Green _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/dabo-users Searchable Archives: http://leafe.com/archives/search/dabo-users This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/[EMAIL PROTECTED]
