You can check for "64 bit" in sys.version (or use the platform module as
suggested by Brian) - if it is there it *must* be a 64bit Windows. If
it is not there (ie, it is a 32bit Python), then call
win32process.IsWow64Process() - if it returns True it is a 64bit
windows, otherwise 32bits.
This is basically the same advice as in
http://blogs.msdn.com/b/oldnewthing/archive/2005/02/01/364563.aspx
Cheers,
Mark
On 19/02/2012 3:53 AM, Vernon Cole wrote:
This is a reworded re-post of a question which I just placed to the
IronPython list. I repeat it here, because I hope to get a general
answer which will work on CPython, too, since the database driver I
support works on both implementations. I have code which detects the
"width" of the Python I am running, but that is unimportant. I need to
know which size of Windows is running.
I am testing adodbapi using my new laptop which I have set up as an
everything in 64-bit test bed.
My default test database is an .mdb (so-called ACCESS database) file.
Microsoft has decided that the JET engine, which has historically been
used to read and write that format is to be deprecated, so there is no
64 bit version of it. It is replaced by the Access Database Engine 2010
redistributable.
<http://www.microsoft.com/download/en/details.aspx?displaylang=en&id=13255>
Of course, the new software requires a different connection string, one
containing "Provider=Microsoft.ACE.OLEDB.12.0;".
So, how can I tell which "width" of Windows I am running, so I know
which connection string to use?
--
Vernon
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