From 6d3d6081e83295b4d0af8d4dbcf388bebc33ba41 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Aymeric Augustin Date: Sun, 5 May 2013 19:44:43 +0200 Subject: [1.5.x] Fixed #20025 -- Pointed to a MySQLdb fork for Python 3. Made a few minor compatibility adjustments. Backport of e81e319f from master. --- docs/ref/databases.txt | 13 +++++++++++-- 1 file changed, 11 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) (limited to 'docs') 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/ -- cgit v1.3