[PyQt] PyQt Windows Binary missing Database Drivers

[Brandon Orther]

Hello,

I installed the Windows binary package PyQt-Py2.6-gpl-4.7.2-1.exe on WindowsXP SP3 which is running PostgreSQL 8.3

The download page says "Qt (with database support for MySQL, PostgreSQL, SQLite3 and ODBC)" which leads me to believe it will be able to connect to my local PostgreSQL database out of the box.  

I wrote a simple test script which works on my OS X machine:

from PyQt4.QtCore import *
from PyQt4.QtSql  import *

db = QSqlDatabase.addDatabase("QPSQL");
db.setHostName("localhost");
db.setDatabaseName("e2pos");
db.setUserName("e2pos");
db.setPassword("emporos");
db.setPort(5432);
db.open()
exit()

When I run this on OS X it connects to the database(and I have done selects and inserts from my OS X install).  In windows I get the following error:

Z:\e2pos\e2pos>python database.py
QSqlDatabase: QPSQL driver not loaded
QSqlDatabase: available drivers:
QSqlDatabase: an instance of QCoreApplication is required for loading driver plugins 

So I am looking for confirmation that the Windows binaries that are supplied on the PyQt download page come ready for connections to the different DB's listed.  If it is supposed to work out the box, does anyone know what I could be doing that would cause this.  

If I need to compile a plsql driver does anyone know instructions I can follow?

Thanks,

Brandon Orther
Developer | Emporos Systems Corporation
borther at emporos.net
www.emporos.net
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