[wxpython-users] a bit OT, db for deploying w/ wx on OS X?

[David Woods]

> A little off topic, but I'm not sure where else to get 
> practical feedback on this. I've got a booking system that 
> will be run on OS X with a local database. I'm a relatively 
> experienced python developer, but an os x newbie, and would 
> like the whole thing to be as idiot proof as possible. Anyone 
> have suggestions on what they have found to work well for 
> that sort of thing? I'm used to using MySQL for web dev but 
> installing the python mysql drivers on os x was painful. 

Embedded MySQLdb setup is painful, but not impossible.  (Less painful on OS
X than Windows, in my experience.)  I have (admittedly several years old
now) instructions at
http://www.transana.org/developers/setup/MySQLPython_Mac104.htm.  Please
note that I have tried to use later versions of both MySQL and MySQL for
Python than the ones discussed in my documentation unsuccessfully, but my
last attempt was probably over a year ago now.

But you're probably better off changing to SQLLite, which I believe is part
of Python 2.5, if your SQL isn't too specialized for MySQL.

David