[DB-SIG] Can't connect

[Russell Shaw]

Chris Cogdon wrote:
> 
> 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.

Thanks, i've read that in the manual. I got it working now. It took me
a while to figure out there's two interfaces (libpq and PgSQL;)