Using DAO and Python

[WaldekO]

dsavitsk <dsavitsk at e-coli.net> wrote in message
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> here is what i have tried (esentially following the example on pg 252 of
> python programming on win32)
> 1. ran makepy and selected microsoft dao 3.6 from the list
> 2. in PythonWin typed
> >>> import win32com.client
> >>> daoengine = win32com.client.Dispatch('DAO.DBEngine')

You did not provide full name of DBEngine.  Try:

daoengine = win32com.client.Dispatch('DAO.DBEngine.36')

For a sample of using MSAccess refer to:
http://starship.python.net/crew/bwilk/access.html