Thanks! The pre-compiled MySQL installer worked perfectly.
Thanks again. On Jun 20, 2:48 pm, "Cal Leeming [Simplicity Media Ltd]" <cal.leem...@simplicitymedialtd.co.uk> wrote: > A quick Google search brought up this: > > http://www.fuyun.org/2009/12/install-mysql-for-python-on-windows/ > > You can also use a pre-compiled MySQL MSI install: > > http://www.codegood.com/archives/129 > > Hope this helps > > Cal > > > > > > > > On Mon, Jun 20, 2011 at 10:01 PM, T4 Phage <t4ba...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Hello > > > I am trying to use Django with mySQL. I have edited the settings.py > > file in my project to point it towards the correct database but when I > > try to use "manage.py syncdb" I get an error message that tells me > > that there is no module named MySQLdb. I tried to install mySQLdb by > > installing MySQL-Python without success (when I try to run the MySQL- > > Python's setup.py I get the following error message: > > > C:\...\MySQL-python-1.2.3>setup.py install > > Traceback (most recent call last): > > File "C:\...\MySQL-python-1.2.3\setup.py" > > , line 15, in <module> > > metadata, options = get_config() > > File "C:\...\MySQL-python-1.2.3\setup_win > > dows.py", line 7, in get_config > > serverKey = _winreg.OpenKey(_winreg.HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE, > > options['registry_ke > > y']) > > WindowsError: [Error 2] The system cannot find the file specified > > > The readme file for MySQL-Python suggests that my problem is that I am > > running windowsXP, but I don't know how to circumvent whatever > > problems this is causing. > > > Does anyone know another way to get the module I need to let python > > and the mySQL database talk? > > > Does anyone know what I am doing wrong with the MySQL-Python > > installation? > > > I have no idea what I am doing (yet), so if you have any suggestions, > > even obvious ones that only a dummy would appreciate, please let me > > know. > > > Thanks in advance > > > Phage > > > -- > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > > "Django users" group. > > To post to this group, send email to django-users@googlegroups.com. > > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > > django-users+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > > For more options, visit this group at > >http://groups.google.com/group/django-users?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Django users" group. To post to this group, send email to django-users@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to django-users+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/django-users?hl=en.
