On Sun, Jan 8, 2012 at 5:37 PM, davidfx <dgeorge2...@gmail.com> wrote: > I am not sure what file you mean. Where should I look for the file you are > talking about? By the way MySQL works fine within MAMP. > > Thanks for your suggestions.
Like I said, it's likely an architecture issue. If you have a 32-bit MySQL install and are using a 64-bit Python, it won't be able to load the client libraries. The Python install included in Lion is universal (a single file containing both 32-bit and 64-bit executables) so if it's loaded by a 32-bit program, it will load in 32-bit mode. "file" is a command that uses heuristics to determine the type of a file. You run it from a terminal. $ file /usr/bin/python /usr/bin/python: Mach-O universal binary with 2 architectures /usr/bin/python (for architecture x86_64): Mach-O 64-bit executable x86_64 /usr/bin/python (for architecture i386): Mach-O executable i386 Try running "file /usr/local/lib/libmysqlclient.18.dylib". According to the traceback you posted, that's the library that failed to load. If you need to force Python to run in 32-bit mode, you can use the arch command "arch -i386 python" -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
