On Tue, Jan 5, 2010 at 3:38 PM, harijay <hari...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi I just started using the subversion build of django and mysql- > python with python 2.6.3 > Both django (svn 12103) and _mysql (MySQLdb rev 635) work fine and can > be imported from the command line python without any error messages. > I created a new django testproject and then modified my settings.py to > use the mysql backend ( see DATABASE section below). > > But when I start python manage.py runserver 8080 , I get an error > which I am reproducing here indicating that the backend was not > started. > > Any ideas on what I need to change to have my django launch with the > mysql backend. > Thanks > harijay > > The error I get is > > ^Chariharan-jayarams-macbook-pro-17:testdjnew hari$ python manage.py > runserver 8080 > Validating models... > Unhandled exception in thread started by <function inner_run at > 0x7a3670> > Traceback (most recent call last): > File "/Users/hari/djtrunk/django/core/management/commands/ > runserver.py", line 48, in inner_run > self.validate(display_num_errors=True) > File "/Users/hari/djtrunk/django/core/management/base.py", line 249, > in validate > num_errors = get_validation_errors(s, app) > File "/Users/hari/djtrunk/django/core/management/validation.py", > line 22, in get_validation_errors > from django.db import models, connection > File "/Users/hari/djtrunk/django/db/__init__.py", line 74, in > <module> > connection = connections[DEFAULT_DB_ALIAS] > File "/Users/hari/djtrunk/django/db/utils.py", line 75, in > __getitem__ > backend = load_backend(db['ENGINE']) > File "/Users/hari/djtrunk/django/db/utils.py", line 37, in > load_backend > raise ImproperlyConfigured(error_msg) > django.core.exceptions.ImproperlyConfigured: > 'django.db.backends.mysql' isn't an available database backend. > Try using django.db.backends.XXX, where XXX is one of: > 'dummy', 'mysql', 'oracle', 'postgresql', 'postgresql_psycopg2', > 'sqlite3' > Error was: cannot import name conversions
I haven't seen this error before, but it sounds like there might be something wrong (or incompatible) with your MySQLdb install. You should be able to run the following at a Python prompt: >>> from MySQLdb.converters import conversions The error you are seeing suggests that this is not the case. The fact that you report your MySQLdb install as 'rev 635' suggests that you're using a development version of MySQLdb. Either MySQLdb has introduced a backwards incompatibility, or your build is incomplete or contains errors. To confirm this, I would suggest using a production version of MySQLdb - recent production releases are known to work. If it turns out that there has been a backwards incompatible regression in MySQLdb, we will need to address that when a formal release that contains that change is made. Yours, Russ Magee %-) -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Django users" group. To post to this group, send email to django-us...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to django-users+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/django-users?hl=en.
