I suggest you email the creators of cx_Oracle. You should not need to
install it under web2py/site-packages. If it is normally installed
under Python, web2py should be able t use it.
On 27 Mar, 13:07, Jason Lotz <jayl...@gmail.com> wrote:
> I have tried to build and install from source but I get another error.
>
> >python setup.py build
> running build
> running build_ext
> building 'cx_Oracle' extension
> error: Unable to find vcvarsall.bat
>
> You said "...installing it into your python's site-packages.". I have
> only installed the cx_Oracle binary but if I look in
> 'C:\Python26\Lib\site-packages' it appears to have already been
> installed as the cx_Oracle.pyd exists here. Just for a wild shot I
> copied this file to the ~\web2py\site-packages but that made no difference.
>
> What am I doing wrong or missing?
>
> --
> Jay
>
> On 03/28/2010 02:17 AM, Thadeus Burgess wrote:
>
> > I think that it means to run the source version of cx_oracle not the
> > binary version. This would entail downloading the source of cx_Oracle
> > and installing it into your python's site-packages.
>
> > -Thadeus
>
> > On Sat, Mar 27, 2010 at 10:51 AM, Jason Lotz<jayl...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> >> I am trying to connect to an established oracle database. Working in
> >> Windows I downloaded and installed cx_Oracle. In the Python Shell I am
> >> able to make a connection.
>
> >>>>> db = DAL('oracle://user/passw...@tns')
>
> >> Traceback (most recent call last):
> >> File "<console>", line 1, in<module>
> >> File "gluon/sql.py", line 3783, in DAL
> >> File "gluon/sql.py", line 966, in __init__
> >> File "gluon/sql.py", line 829, in _pool_connection
> >> File "gluon/sql.py", line 967, in<lambda>
> >> NameError: global name 'cx_Oracle' is not defined
>
> >> I read that I need to run web2py from the cx_oracle source. I'm not
> >> sure how to 'run from source'. Maybe there is someone that could point
> >> me in the right direction.
>
> >> Thnx,
> >> Jay
>
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