web2py/web2py — Issue #3: Deliver pyodbc binaries with Windows distribution
Author: fgmacedo
Created: 2012-02-25 12:43:20+00:00
State: open

It's a common case, IMO, that Windows users of web2py downloading the Windows Installer against sources are trying both Python and web2py, maybe for the first time.

For Windows users, the market share of MS SQL Server database is high, but new users of web2py are unable to connect with your existing environment with the web2py default Windows installer, because pyodbc.pyd is missing.

This was my case, except that I already had a Python27 setup, making a bit harder to get a python25 pyodbc, because windows installer of pyodbc detects python from registry and blocks if the version is incompatible.

Following the principle of include in the distro all necessary software, I'm asking if is this possible.

If helps, I have the python 2.5 pyodbc.pyd binary file, its just drop it into web2py install folder.

Best regards,