Cant import IfxPy

[edwinhobbs-cx]

Hello, and thanks for creating all these great tools for using Python with Informix!
I am fairly new at Python, being an old fashion Informix DBA, but I want to learn.
I am running into an issue. I hope you can help me.

Problem: Cannot import IfxPy directly or through IfxPiDbi in Windows 10 64-bit
After installing PyCharm using python 3.8.5 I cannot directly import IfxPy.
Note: I also installed CSDK for Informix 64bit. This is my INFORMIXDIR.

My env
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Environment
CSDK_HOME REG_SZ C:\Program Files\IBM Informix Client-SDK
INFORMIXDIR REG_SZ C:\Program Files\IBM Informix Client-SDK
INFORMIXSERVER REG_SZ ibm229
LD_LIBRARY_PATH REG_EXPAND_SZ %INFORMIXDIR%\lib;%INFORMIXDIR%\lib\esql;%INFORMIXDIR%\lib\cli
Path REG_EXPAND_SZ %INFORMIXDIR%\bin;%USERPROFILE%\AppData\Local\Microsoft\WindowsApps;%PyCharm%;%PyCharm Community Edition%;C:\Program Files (x86)
Google\Cloud SDK\google-cloud-sdk\bin;
PSModulePath REG_EXPAND_SZ %HomeDrive%%HomePath%\Documents\WindowsPowerShell\Modules;C:\Program Files (x86)\Google\Cloud SDK\google-cloud-sdk\platfo
rm\PowerShell
PyCharm REG_SZ C:\Program Files\JetBrains\PyCharm 2020.3.5\bin;
PyCharm Community Edition REG_SZ C:\Program Files\JetBrains\PyCharm Community Edition 2020.3.5\bin;

Heres my steps

Created a new project Informix.
Installed wheel, then IfxPy from settings/Project Informix
Both said they were installed successfully

IfxPy 3.0.5
Wheel 0.36.2

Created a new python file IfxPy_connect
Import IfxPy gives error
No module named IfxPy

Import IfxPyDbi works fine.
Dir(IfxPyDbi) shows IfxPy module, but cannot access any of its functions.

I looked in the site packages
C:\Users\pf556315\PycharmProjects\Informix\venv\Lib\site-packages

I see IfxPyDbi.py and an extension IfxPy.cp38-win_amd64.pyd
There is no IfxPy.py file.

Any help is appreciated!

Ed

[edwinhobbs-cx]

OK got it to work by using python3.7.
Maybe a defect in 3.8?

[zdenop]

have a look at #41

[zagrebzagreb]

Also #35
"Maybe is a 38 thingy. I haven't try 38 yet, 37 is the most recent version I have."