====== psycopg ======
This is for installing the psycopg2 PostgreSQL adapter for python.

  - ensure python is set up on your machine
    - it should come with a stock Apple install, so type ''python --version'' in a terminal to be sure
    - at the time of this writing, these instructions worked with ''Python 2.7.1''
  - ensure you have a [[postgresql]] installation available
  - download the source for psycopg2 from http://initd.org/psycopg/
  - decompress the archive
  - follow along with these commands:<code bash>
# change into the psycopg2 directory
cd psycopg2-2.5.1

# allow postgres binaries to be available
export PATH=$PATH:/usr/local/pgsql/bin

# build and install psycopg2
sudo easy_install psycopg2
</code>
  - sample python script to test db connection<code python>
#!/usr/bin/python

import psycopg2

# psycopg features
print 'Features of the psycopg are:',
print ('API Level: %s, Thread Safety Level: %s, Parameter Style: %s.\n' % \
         (psycopg2.apilevel,psycopg2.threadsafety,psycopg2.paramstyle))

# create a connection to the db
try:
    conn=psycopg2.connect("host=localhost dbname=world user=postgres password=mypass")
    print 'Successfully connected to the database.\n'
except:
    print 'Error: Unable to connect to database!\n'

conn.close()
</code>