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Comment on Python – How to use MySQLdb when MySQL Isn’t Installed Locally by Pete Hunt

Pete Hunt — Tue, 22 Nov 2011 08:57:22 +0000

Some more shameless self-promotion for PyMySQL here. Let me know if you need help getting it going!

Pete

Comment on Python – How to use MySQLdb when MySQL Isn’t Installed Locally by Gary

Gary — Tue, 22 Nov 2011 07:17:54 +0000

PyMySQL is what you are looking for. I have used a few times it does not require the mysql libs it is a pure python module for accessing mysql

Comment on Python – How to use MySQLdb when MySQL Isn’t Installed Locally by Joshua K

Joshua K — Tue, 22 Nov 2011 00:04:40 +0000

if mySQLdb is written properly/has its dependencies correctly, it should only require the mysql libraries. On my Ubuntu box, the dependencies (other than the standard python and libc) are:

libmysqlclient16 (>= 5.1.21-1)

So, no need for the server to be installed.

Comment on Python zipfile – Fixing Error: Unable to unarchive “..” into “Downloads” by Arafangion

Arafangion — Thu, 20 Oct 2011 02:44:03 +0000

To prevent this, make use of the “with” statement as habit, so that the file is deterministically closed at the end of that block.

It would also ensure that the file is closed even if there is an exception, although that probably does not matter in this particular situation.

Comment on Python zipfile – Fixing Error: Unable to unarchive “..” into “Downloads” by Roger

Roger — Thu, 20 Oct 2011 02:41:54 +0000

Even better you should use a context handler (with statement). In general always use one when dealing with files. The code above becomes:

with zipfile.ZipFile(“test.zip”, “w”) as file:
for name in glob.glob(“samples/*”):
file.write(name, os.path.basename(name), zipfile.ZIP_DEFLATED)