plpythonu and PYTHONPATH/sys.path

Hi,

I want to use python modules I have written in plpythonu.  I can load these
modules in functions within postgres if they are installed in the "official"
python module directories (e.g. /blah/site-packages etc.)

However, I want to use modules which are in my home file space, but I can't
get this to work.

I've tried setting PYTHONPATH to the directory containing the modules, and even
tried explicitly appending the directory to sys.path within the plpythonu
interpretter (i.e. at the beginning of the database function).  I always get an
import error, though - the module cannot be found.  Why doesn't the embedded
python interpretter use sys.path (fully?) for locating modules?

How can I use python modules in plpythonu which are located in non-standard
directories?

(I use Fedora Core 6, Postgres v. 8.1.8, Python 2.4.4)

Thanks,

Korin

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