Thomas Bartkus wrote: > "Aquarius" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message > news:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > >>I appologize in advance for this strange (and possibly stupid) >>question. >> >>I want to know if there is a way to interface a MySQL database without >>Python-MySQL or without installing anything that has C files that need >>to be compiled. The reason for this, is that I want to develop a >>certain web application, but my hosting provider ([EMAIL PROTECTED]@#%) isn't >>very >>eager to supply Python-MySQL (or any modules to python). Is there an >>alternative approach I could use to pass around this ridiculos lack of >>functionality? > > > Well, I'm looking at the source for the ever popular MySQLdb library. It > appears to be nothing but straight up Python source code. I see no reason > why you couldn't just take these modules and put them in your own private > directory. There is nothing secret here. > > But > > As others have already pointed out, after you go to this trouble, your > hosting provider will still suck! I'm sure you can you can get lot's of > suggestions for a suitable replacement. > I have a _mysql.c as a part of my distrbution of MySQLdb. Don't you?
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