You should upgrade. That version is more than one year old. That problem has been fixed.
Massimo On May 5, 2:43 pm, dsa42 <[email protected]> wrote: > I think it's 1.76.5 > > web2py Enterprise Web Framework > Created by Massimo Di Pierro, Copyright 2007-2010 > Version 1.76.5 (2010-03-11 15:19:08) > Database drivers available: SQLite3 > > I also think that the probley is that Ubuntu 10.04 installed pythin > 2.6. Somehow, that installation ruined the MySQLdb module for python > 2.6. I can't even "inport MySQLdb" in either python 2.5 or 2.6, so > I'm working on solving that first. > > On May 5, 1:16 pm, Massimo Di Pierro <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > > > > > > > Which web2py version? the latest web2py should be using pymysql and > > not mysqldb. > > > On May 5, 11:41 am, dsa42 <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > I am a noob to web2py. I am working on a previously installed system > > > at a client site (not installed by me). > > > > I upgraded the system from Ubuntu server 9.10 (karmic) to 10.04 > > > (lucid). After reboot, I'm getting the following traceback from the > > > web2py server: > > > > Error traceback > > > > 1.Traceback (most recent call last): > > > 2. File "/web2py/web2py/gluon/restricted.py", line 173, in restricted > > > 3. exec ccode in environment > > > 4. File "/web2py/web2py/applications/MyAppName/models/db.py", line 9, > > > in <module> > > > 5. db = DAL('mysql://user:password@localhost/DBname') > > > 6. File "/web2py/web2py/gluon/sql.py", line 3783, in DAL > > > 7. db_codec=db_codec, check_reserved=check_reserved) > > > 8. File "/web2py/web2py/gluon/sql.py", line 919, in __init__ > > > 9. self._pool_connection(lambda : MySQLdb.Connection( > > > 10. File "/web2py/web2py/gluon/sql.py", line 829, in _pool_connection > > > 11. self._connection = f() > > > 12. File "/web2py/web2py/gluon/sql.py", line 919, in <lambda> > > > 13. self._pool_connection(lambda : MySQLdb.Connection( > > > 14.NameError: global name 'MySQLdb' is not defined > > > 15. > > > > The mysql daemon is running. The username, password, and DBname are > > > correct. Any ideas on where to look?

