ImportError: No module named mysql.base

[anonymous]

I got this error:

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "low_level_test1.cgi", line 84, in ?
    from django.test.utils import setup_test_environment
  File "./django/test/__init__.py", line 6, in ?
    from django.test.testcases import TestCase
  File "./django/test/testcases.py", line 6, in ?
    from django.db import transaction
  File "./django/db/__init__.py", line 23, in ?
    backend = __import__('%s.base' % settings.DATABASE_ENGINE, {}, {}, [''])
ImportError: No module named mysql.base

But this is not the true error. The real problem is the version checking routines here: ​http://code.djangoproject.com/browser/django/trunk/django/db/backends/mysql/base.py#L13
Is raises a ImportError, too!

So i don't see message "MySQLdb-1.2.1p2 or newer is required; you have..." i see the wrong error messages from above: "No module named mysql.base"

Solution: I think the Version Exception must be a different class and not the generetic ImportError.

[Ramiro Morales]

duplicate of #5531