Hi Kent!
You are absolutely right. Sorry for my bad description. Kent Johnson wrote: > Ewald Ertl wrote: >> Hi! >> >> How have you started the script? As far as I could see, in the Chapter 1 of >> "Dive into Python", the odbchelper.py is just a script-File and not a module >> to be imported, therefore the Exception with the "ImportError". > > It is both, if by "just a script-File" you mean a top-level program > intended to be run from the command line. > Yes I meant a top-level-program. > If you import odbchelper it will give you access to the > buildConnectionString() function. If you run it from the command line, > it will also run the code after > if __name__ == "__main__": > > This is pretty common - to write a module so it can be imported or used > as a main program. The parts you want to run only from the command line > are set off by this conditional. > I looked at the code of odbchelper.py in Example 2.1 in my printed Version of "Dive into Python" and there was no "import", so I assumed some problem with the IDE. But the Traceback came from Example 2.5 in my version. Thanks for your response on my attempt to help Ewald _______________________________________________ Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor
