installing psycopg2-2.0.13 with python3.1

[Iain Barnett]

On 21 Jan 2010, at 00:11, Gabriel Genellina wrote:

> En Wed, 20 Jan 2010 19:45:44 -0300, Iain Barnett <iainspeed at gmail.com> escribió:
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>> Would anyone know if it's possible to install psycopg2-2.0.13 with python3.1.1 (or similar)?I can install it with python2.6 with no problems, but obviously I'd prefer to use the latest version. My system is OSX10.6, and I'm new to Python.
> 
> If you're new to Python, perhaps it's better to stay with the 2.6 version.
> 
> Python 3.x introduced some incompatible changes in the language; not all third-party packages are available for Python 3.x yet. Regarding psycopg2, although some work has been done [1], there is no "official" release compatible with Python 3 yet.
> 
> If you insist on using Python 3.1, there is another interface to PostgreSQL called pg8000 that claims to be Python 3.x compatible (I've not actually tested it).
> 
> [1] http://mail.python.org/pipermail/python-porting/2008-December/000004.html
> [2] http://pybrary.net/pg8000/
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On 20 Jan 2010, at 23:58, Philip Semanchuk wrote:

> 
> On Jan 20, 2010, at 5:45 PM, Iain Barnett wrote:
> 
>> Hi,
>> 
>> Would anyone know if it's possible to install psycopg2-2.0.13 with python3.1.1 (or similar)? When I try I get the following
>> 
>> $ sudo python setup.py install
>> Password:
>> File "setup.py", line 233
>>   except Warning, w:
>>                 ^
>> SyntaxError: invalid syntax
>> 
>> 
>> I can install it with python2.6 with no problems, but obviously I'd prefer to use the latest version. My system is OSX10.6, and I'm new to Python.
> 
> Hi Iain,
> I've been out of the psycopg loop for a while now, but my guess is that the answer to your question is no. There are some Python 3-related checkins in the psycopg2 repository, but it looks like they're not ready for public use yet (unless you're adventurous).
> 
> Here's the source repository, which contains a commit commented "First round of changes for Python 3":
> https://dndg.it/cgi-bin/gitweb.cgi?p=public/psycopg2.git
> 
> If you scroll to the bottom of that page you'll see a "head" created especially for Python 2 which is where 2.0.13 came from.
> 
> If you're willing to do some hacking on your own, Martin v. Löwis ported psycopg2 to Python 3 and provided a diff:
> http://mail.python.org/pipermail/python-porting/2008-December/000018.html
> 
> Last but not least, I should note that psycopg has its own mailing list, and I bet they know more about it there:
> http://lists.initd.org/mailman/listinfo/psycopg
> 
> Hope this helps. Psycopg & Postgres both worked wonderfully well for me.
> 
> Cheers
> Philip
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Thanks to both of you, it really is much appreciated.

Regards
Iain