add note for dll import errors

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Brian Marroquin 2021-10-05 21:21:16 -07:00
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@ -218,6 +218,14 @@ which is OS-dependent (for instance setting a suitable
trying to match it to the version of the PostgreSQL server you will have trying to match it to the version of the PostgreSQL server you will have
to connect to. to connect to.
.. note::
Since version 3.8, Python does not resolve DLLs using the :envvar:`PATH`
variable on Windows. In order for the ``libpq.dll`` to be resolved
properly, add the DLLs parent directory to the search path using
os.add_dll_directory_
.. _os.add_dll_directory: https://docs.python.org/3/library/os.html#os.add_dll_directory
.. index:: .. index::
single: setup.py single: setup.py