mmartincevic/django-cymysql

django mysql database backend with cymysql

django-cymysql

Django mysql database backend for cymysql

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• Django 1.6.0 or higher.
• CyMySQL (https://github.com/nakagami/CyMySQL) 0.7.1 or higher.

Installation

$ pip install cymysql
$ pip install django-cymysql

Database

• Create database (set default character set to 'utf8')

mysql> create database some_what_database default character set utf8;

Settings

DATABASES = {
    'default': {
        'ENGINE': 'mysql_cymysql',
        'NAME': 'some_what_database',
        'HOST': ...,
        'USER': ...,
        'PASSWORD': ...,
    }
}

If you want to use south:

SOUTH_DATABASE_ADAPTERS = {
    'default': "south.db.mysql"
}