[Qgis-user] Couldn't import Python module 'psycopg2' for communication with PostgreSQL database.

[Jürgen E. Fischer]

Hi Byron,

On Sat, 08. Jan 2011 at 12:16:59 -0600, Byron Como wrote:
> I'm trying to get a previous installation of QGIS initally on Windows XP
> box installed on Windows 7 and am having problems. In a QGIS 1.5
> installation I get the error message: "Couldn't import Python module
> 'psycopg2' for communication with PostgreSQL database" when I click on the
> PostGIS Manager. I have python 2.7 and psycopg2 2.2.2 installed. Do I need an
> environment variable set or modify the path?  Can I even set this up,
> PostgreSQL and QGIS on Windows 7? This all worked properly on Windows XP.

The python included in the standalone installer should work.  Are you trying to
make it use your python 2.7 installation?  If so, that might cause the problem.


Jürgen 

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