[Python-sybase-misc] Installing python-sybase on Windows XP

[Jeffrey Z. <Jef...@q-...>]

Is it possible to install the python-sybase module on Windows XP?

I have tried on and off for 2 years and I have never been successful,
even though I have followed the instructions at:  

    http://python-sybase.sourceforge.net/install.html

This information is clearly wrong and I would appreciated it *very much*
if a single reader of this list would help me.

First of all, the installation documents states that the "Micorsoft
Visual C++ 2005 Express Edition compiler can be freely downloaded and
used".  I have done that and when I try to install python-sybase on
Windows (with Python 2.5.4), I get the following error:

    error: Python was built with Visual Studio 2003;
    extensions must be built with a compiler than can generate
compatible binaries.
    Visual Studio 2003 was not found on this system. If you have Cygwin
installed
    you can try compiling with MingW32, by passing "-c mingw32" to
setup.py.

I do not have access to Visual Studio 2003.

I have also tried using the latest version of Python 2.6.x, but the
installation fails with

    running build_ext
    building 'sybasect' extension
    error: None

This is extremely frustrating.  Is there *any* way I can install
python-sybase on Windows?

Our company uses Sybase for large projects and I would like to use
Python for development purposes.

I hope there is at least one person out there who has managed to
successfully install python-sybase with Python 2.5.x on Windows.  If so,
I would very much like to know what I am doing wrong.

Many, many thanks in advance.

Jeffrey Zelt
QFree ASA