mysql-ctypes
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A ``ctypes`` implementation of a PEP 249 (DB API 2.0) compliant database
driver for use with MySQL. It is importable as ``MySQLdb`` for compatibility
with the extremely common C-extension, by the same name. It is tested under
CPython 2.6, CPython 2.7, and PyPy 1.5.
There are a number of things to note::
* This was originally developed for use with PyPy, though it works with both
CPython and PyPy, where performance is concerned it will try to favor PyPy.
* The original ``MySQLdb``, with which we attempt to remain compatible, is
not always 100% in line with the DB API spec, where it was necessary for
use with the project this was developed for, we've followed ``MySQLdb``
rather than the spec, sadly.
* Not all errors are appropriately upgraded to a ``DatabaseError`` subclass
(e.g. ``ProgrammingError`` or ``IntegrityError``) these will be done on an
ongoing bases, as tests for the conditions (or reasons they are impossible
to write) are developed.
* This project is strictly test-driven-developed, if you're interested in
contributing, we appreciate patches, but please make sure they include
tests.
Tests are run using ``py.test``, you can invoke it directly on the command
line::
$ py.test
Or use ``tox`` to automatically test it against CPython 2.6 and 2.7, as well as
PyPy::
$ tox