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diff --git a/docs/ref/databases.txt b/docs/ref/databases.txt index 24e593569e..ddf9a26052 100644 --- a/docs/ref/databases.txt +++ b/docs/ref/databases.txt @@ -279,26 +279,18 @@ MySQLdb Django requires MySQLdb version 1.2.1p2 or later. -.. note:: - If you see ``ImportError: cannot import name ImmutableSet`` when trying to - use Django, your MySQLdb installation may contain an outdated ``sets.py`` - file that conflicts with the built-in module of the same name from Python - 2.4 and later. To fix this, verify that you have installed MySQLdb version - 1.2.1p2 or newer, then delete the ``sets.py`` file in the MySQLdb - directory that was left by an earlier version. +At the time of writing, the latest release of MySQLdb (1.2.5) doesn't support +Python 3. In order to use MySQLdb under Python 3, you'll have to install +``mysqlclient`` instead. .. note:: There are known issues with the way MySQLdb converts date strings into - datetime objects. Specifically, date strings with value 0000-00-00 are - valid for MySQL but will be converted into None by MySQLdb. - - This means you should be careful while using loaddata/dumpdata with rows - that may have 0000-00-00 values, as they will be converted to None. + datetime objects. Specifically, date strings with value ``0000-00-00`` are + valid for MySQL but will be converted into ``None`` by MySQLdb. -.. note:: - At the time of writing, the latest release of MySQLdb (1.2.4) doesn't - support Python 3. In order to use MySQLdb under Python 3, you'll have to - install ``mysqlclient``. + This means you should be careful while using :djadmin:`loaddata` and + :djadmin:`dumpdata` with rows that may have ``0000-00-00`` values, as they + will be converted to ``None``. mysqlclient ~~~~~~~~~~~ |