On Wed, Aug 03, 2005 at 09:49:18AM -0600, Ronni <bounvl@xxxxxxx> wrote a message of 24 lines which said: > I want to use postgres with python This is too vague. Do you want: 1) To do server-side programming in Python (creating functions in Python instead of plPgSQL or SQL)? If so: http://www.postgresql.org/docs/8.0/interactive/plpython.html 2) Access the database from a client written in Python? If so: http://initd.org/projects/psycopg1 (There are other Python client interfaces such as PoPy, but psycopg is the most common, and best maintained version.) The second is typically much simpler. (I do both.) > I did both on my Sun Solaris Opteron AMD 64 (Mandrake 10.1 os) ^^^^^^^ ^^^^^^^^ ??? Solaris or Mandrake? > using the --enable-shared and --with-python options. --with-python is only for 1), server-side programming. > but I can't seem to do stuff with both! Commands typed and actual results obtained? Otherwise, noone can help you. > I read up and decided that I needed PyGreSQL No. ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 6: explain analyze is your friend