I switched to PostgreSQL when MySQL wasn't working. PostgreSQL worked without a hitch and the migrations work wonderfully. But since my target production environment only runs MySQL I will have to make the switch back at some point.
Thanks for submitting the bug to MySQL. I see they posted a somewhat generic answer. On Tuesday, May 6, 2014 11:52:07 AM UTC-4, Richard Esplin wrote: > > In order to move forward with this project, I switched to PyMySQL: > > https://github.com/PyMySQL > > It appears to work great. In order to use the default Django backend for > MySQL, I put this in my settings.py: > > import pymysql > pymysql.install_as_MySQLdb() > > DATABASES = { > 'default': { > 'ENGINE': 'django.db.backends.mysql', > . . . . > > I have a few months of testing before I'll know if it is reliable, but at > least I can move forward with development. > > Richard > > On Monday, May 5, 2014 6:45:19 PM UTC-6, Richard Esplin wrote: >> >> I can't find any evidence on the interwebs of someone successfully using >> the Mysql-Connector-Python with Django 1.7. So I reported it as an issue in >> the MySQL bug database: >> >> http://bugs.mysql.com/bug.php?id=72542 >> >> If anyone has a suggestion for using MySQL with Python 3 and Django 1.7, >> I would appreciate hearing them. >> >> Thanks, >> >> Richard >> >> On Monday, May 5, 2014 6:17:57 PM UTC-6, Richard Esplin wrote: >>> >>> I am also trying to use Django 1.7 with the Mysql-Python-Connector >>> 1.1.6. I am seeing the same behavior for both the migrate >>> NotImplementedError and the syncdb RemovedInDjango19Warrning. >>> >>> Were you able to solve these problems? >>> >>> Richard >>> >>> On Thursday, April 3, 2014 9:09:31 AM UTC-6, Giovanni wrote: >>>> >>>> Documentation states: >>>> >>>> - >>>> >>>> syncdb has been deprecated and replaced by migrate. Don’t worry - >>>> calls to syncdb will still work as before. >>>> >>>> >>>> But when I run $ python manage.py syncdb, >>>> it stops with a django.utils.deprecation.RemovedInDjango19Warning. >>>> >>>> So I can't seem to use syncdb either. >>>> >>>> >>>> On Wednesday, April 2, 2014 6:42:55 PM UTC-4, Giovanni wrote: >>>>> >>>>> I upgraded from django 1.6 to 1.7b1 and now it seems like as soon as I >>>>> want to do anything that interacts with mysql, I keep getting this error: >>>>> >>>>> NotImplementedError: subclasses of BaseDatabaseWrapper may require a >>>>> schema_editor() method >>>>> >>>>> In Python I can import mysql.connector just fine. >>>>> I've reinstalled mysql 5.6.17 community server. >>>>> >>>>> Any ideas? >>>>> >>>> > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Django users" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/django-users. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/django-users/6f15c19d-6712-421f-8b77-c8d3b06615d9%40googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.

