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authorAymeric Augustin <aymeric.augustin@m4x.org>2013-05-05 19:44:43 +0200
committerAymeric Augustin <aymeric.augustin@m4x.org>2013-05-10 10:23:15 +0200
commit6d3d6081e83295b4d0af8d4dbcf388bebc33ba41 (patch)
tree98604114589c2d6d18f3f9f9370ca1262c066372 /docs
parentb5d6a5b21a2af4f0b4c3e8e3ca4b44e77812d996 (diff)
[1.5.x] Fixed #20025 -- Pointed to a MySQLdb fork for Python 3.
Made a few minor compatibility adjustments. Backport of e81e319f from master.
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diff --git a/docs/ref/databases.txt b/docs/ref/databases.txt
index fb8425d8e7..35e75f1140 100644
--- a/docs/ref/databases.txt
+++ b/docs/ref/databases.txt
@@ -209,6 +209,15 @@ 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
----------------------
@@ -318,8 +327,8 @@ 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/