[DB-SIG] need to import twice ?!

[M.-A. Lemburg]

oto pumerantz wrote:
> 
> i'm trying to use
> MySQLdb-0.2.2
> 
> while in python interpreter,
> i need to write TWICE the command
> import MySQLdb
> 
> in order for it to work, because on the first time it yields
> ImportError: No module named _mysql
> 
> have you seen such an error before ?

Looks like you have not compiled the C extension (_mysql). The
DB module won't work without first compiling the extension or
installing a pre-compiled one (e.g. by installing a RPM).
 
> also, after the second time it sometimes (sounds suspicious already...) do not
> recognize the connect() function at all !
> 
> i don't even know what query should i feed into google...:-(
> what's wrong with my installation?
> 
> Thanx, Oto.
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