On Mon, 3 Jan 2005, Greg Lindstrom wrote: > I am running Python 2.3 on Windows XP and am trying to connect to an > ODBC datasource. I have done this many times on this same box but this > time I get an error message saying > > dbi.operation-error: [WSOCK32.DLL]Connection refused, is the host > listener running? (#10061) in LOGIN > > Not having seen this before, and having used the odbc module for about a > year now, I'm at a quandary; what does this mean and what do I do to fix it?
Exactly what it says... the host you're trying to connect to has refused your connection attempt (at the TCP level). At a guess, the database is down. ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Andrew I MacIntyre "These thoughts are mine alone..." E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (pref) | Snail: PO Box 370 [EMAIL PROTECTED] (alt) | Belconnen ACT 2616 Web: http://www.andymac.org/ | Australia -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list