[DB-SIG] Can't connect

[Chris Cogdon]

On Feb 11, 2004, at 19:41, Russell Shaw wrote:

> Hi,
> I just learnt python. In my python file,
> i have:
>
>   from pyPgSQL import libpq
> ...
>   conn=connect(host="localhost",database="parts",user="russell")
>
>
> I get an error. python db.py:
>
>   Traceback (most recent call last):
>     File "db.py", line 108, in ?
>       conn=connect(host="localhost",database="parts",user="russell")
>   NameError: name 'connect' is not defined

Try:

conn = libpq.connect ( ...

The general rule is, when you 'import' something, you  have to keep 
using that name. So if you:

import X

Then you need to say X.this and X.that

Or, if you:

from X import this, that

then you can use 'this' and 'that' without having to say X.


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