Massimo, Got it working by running from source - thanks!
On Monday, June 4, 2012 4:40:43 PM UTC-4, Massimo Di Pierro wrote: > > Sorry I misunderstood. My guess is that you have different python version. > make sure you run web2py from source and you use the python version where > you installed kinterbasdb. > > On Monday, 4 June 2012 15:27:29 UTC-5, pjag wrote: >> >> Massimo, >> >> Thanks for the reply I've already installed kinterbasdb, as I mentioned >> in my original message. I can access Firebird with kinterbasdb in a simple >> Python script. However, web2py doesn't see it. Correct me if I'm wrong, >> because I've barely scratched the surface with the web2py documentation, >> but isn't Python 2.5 built into web2py? If so, might that be my problem? >> I've installed the kinterbasdb package in my Python 2.7 install, but not >> web2py? I'm confused, since the web2py docs say there's built-in DB >> support for multiple databases, including Firebird. I was hoping Firebird >> access in web2py would be "baked in", and not give me the problem I'm >> experiencing. >> >> >> On Monday, June 4, 2012 3:51:59 PM UTC-4, Massimo Di Pierro wrote: >>> >>> You need to install this driver before you can use firebird from python: >>> >>> http://kinterbasdb.sourceforge.net/ >>> >>> On Monday, 4 June 2012 12:45:06 UTC-5, pjag wrote: >>>> >>>> Greetings, >>>> >>>> Getting up to speed on web2py, and am trying to use Firebird as my DB. >>>> When I start my web2py app, I get the following error message: >>>> >>>> <type 'exceptions.RuntimeError'> Failure to connect, tried 5 times: >>>> Traceback (most recent call last): File "gluon/dal.py", line 5955, in >>>> __init__ File "gluon/dal.py", line 2449, in __init__ NameError: global >>>> name >>>> 'kinterbasdb' is not defined >>>> >>>> Here's my connection code in db.py: >>>> >>>> db = >>>> DAL('firebird://sysdba:masterkey@localhost:3050/C:\\web2py\\applications\\myapp\\myappdb.fdb') >>>> >>>> I'm using Python 2.7.3 x64 (Win7), web2py 1.99.7, Firebird 2.5.1 x64. >>>> I installed kinterbasdb 3.3 manually (doesn't it get installed with >>>> web2py?), but still have the same error. >>>> >>>> Help please! >>>> >>>> >>>>
