summaryrefslogtreecommitdiff
path: root/docs/ref
diff options
context:
space:
mode:
authorAymeric Augustin <aymeric.augustin@m4x.org>2013-05-05 19:44:43 +0200
committerAymeric Augustin <aymeric.augustin@m4x.org>2013-05-08 13:05:09 +0200
commite81e319f15f448d550d7e30b204d9490a9999b99 (patch)
tree7e790e0ba614ac2084ca9c65c4b60f687b73e92b /docs/ref
parent1fff8daf889822aa1dd9adba19c94bb522d960b4 (diff)
Fixed #20025 -- Pointed to a MySQLdb fork for Python 3.
Made a few minor compatibility adjustments.
Diffstat (limited to 'docs/ref')
-rw-r--r--docs/ref/databases.txt13
1 files changed, 11 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/docs/ref/databases.txt b/docs/ref/databases.txt
index 35f0cc6b41..f28079ae33 100644
--- a/docs/ref/databases.txt
+++ b/docs/ref/databases.txt
@@ -252,6 +252,15 @@ required for full MySQL support in Django.
.. _MySQLdb: http://sourceforge.net/projects/mysql-python
+Python 3
+--------
+
+At the time of writing, the latest release of MySQLdb (1.2.4) doesn't support
+Python 3. In order to use MySQL under Python 3, you'll have to install an
+unofficial fork, such as `MySQL-for-Python-3`_.
+
+.. _MySQL-for-Python-3: https://github.com/clelland/MySQL-for-Python-3
+
Creating your database
----------------------
@@ -361,8 +370,8 @@ Here's a sample configuration which uses a MySQL option file::
default-character-set = utf8
Several other MySQLdb connection options may be useful, such as ``ssl``,
-``use_unicode``, ``init_command``, and ``sql_mode``. Consult the
-`MySQLdb documentation`_ for more details.
+``init_command``, and ``sql_mode``. Consult the `MySQLdb documentation`_ for
+more details.
.. _MySQL option file: http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.0/en/option-files.html
.. _MySQLdb documentation: http://mysql-python.sourceforge.net/