Do you have the pyodbc driver installed? http://code.google.com/p/pyodbc/
On Nov 12, 10:43 pm, Crim <[email protected]> wrote: > it gives me this in the error snapshot: > <type 'exceptions.RuntimeError'>(global name 'pyodbc' is not defined > (tried 5 times)) > > On Nov 12, 10:40 pm, mdipierro <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Can you post the exact error? > > There is not nothing working with your URI string and the password is > > indeed optional. > > > Massimo > > > On Nov 12, 10:36 pm, Crim <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > i wasnt able to figure out the meaning of the error... > > > > On Nov 12, 10:32 pm, "mr.freeze" <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > Can you post the traceback of the error? > > > > > On Nov 12, 5:27 pm, Crim <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > so this is all the code i really have for this right now > > > > > > db = DAL('mssql//s...@localhost/master') > > > > > > just trying to connect to my localhost ms sql db that i set up using > > > > > the newest version of ms sql server .... > > > > > > im just trying to use the default account sa to connect ... which > > > > > doesnt require a password and i always get errors > > > > > > now i have read and checked the web2py book and i cant figure out the > > > > > error and i was wondering if one of you kind gents could lend a hand. > >

