<br>My apologies if this isn't the correct forum for such a question, however I was having a problem with Python and couldn't find the cause. I have two systems running Python. My laptop and a server:<br><br>laptop:
<br>WinXP SP2 x86<br>Python 2.5<br>pymssql 0.8.0 (for 2.5)<br>pywin32-210 (for 2.5)<br><br>server:<br>Win2003 no SP dual XEON x86<br>Python 2.4.1<br><br>I develop and test my program on my laptop. I move them to my server and test again. Then, they go into "production". The few programs I have running on the server were operating fine until I tried to start running a program with pymssql. I installed pymssql
0.8.0 (for 2.5) on my laptop so that I could write and test a new program. When it was ready to move to the server, I upgraded the server to Python 2.5 and installed pymssql 0.8.0 (for 2.5). I uninstaled Python 2.4.. The first running of this program gave me a pop-up error stating that the program failed to start because
python24.dll wasn't found and it recommended reinstalling Python. Python output an error stating that it couldn't "import _socket". I don't have the exact error because I was under pressure to restore normal operations. I performed the following:
<br><br>1. Reinstalled Python 2.5 and execute the program. I received the same error.<br>2. Uninstall Python 2.5 and pymssql. Ensure the Python25 directory was removed. Reinstall Python 2.5 and pymssql. I received the same error.
<br>3. Uninstall Python and pymssql. Ensure the Python25 directory was removed. Reboot. Reinstall Python 2.5 and pymssql. I received the same error.<br>4. Uninstall Python 2.5 and pymssql. Ensure the Python25 directory was removed. Install Python
2.4.2 and pymssql 0.8.0 (for 2.4). The error went away.<br><br><br>Now all my programs, including the new one, are working again. I have no clue what caused this. I've searched Google but I can't find a hit similar to my configuration and situation. Does anyone have an idea as to what could have caused this?
<br><br><br><br><br>Chris<br><br>