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Date: Sun, 1 Sep 2013 01:18:51 +1000
Subject: Re: MySQLdb Problem
From: Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com>
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On Sat, Aug 31, 2013 at 6:38 PM, John Smith
<cantinaderecuerdos@yahoo.com> wrote:
> Hi;
> Since there is no list for MySQLdb, I'm hoping you can help me. I have installed, de-installed and reinstalled this s/w and MySQL itself on my Win8 box. However, when I go to use it from a script, I get the following error:
>
> "C:\Python27\lib\site-packages\MySQLdb\__init.py__", line 27 in <module>
> import _mysql
>
> ImportError: DLL load failed: %1 is not valid Win32 application.
>
> Well, I'm running Win8 which is 64-bit, but I'm pretty sure it runs 32 as well, right? Python 27, MySQL 5.5.

Do your Python and your MySQLdb match? I haven't confirmed, but I'm
pretty sure you'll have problems if you have a 32-bit Python with a
64-bit mysqldb DLL, or vice versa.

ChrisA