mysql_old backend use mysql backend

[Simon G. <dev@…>]

Can you provide more info about this? why is this needed? what does it do?

[karsu]

I underestand that mysql_old is compatible support for people who can't upgrade MySQLdb immediately. Without this patch I can't use django with mysql with older version than MySQLdb-1.2.1p2.

If I try to use mysql_old and run python manage.py syncdb it will raise ImportError "MySQLdb-1.2.1p2 or newer is required;".

Problem is mysql_old 'introspection.py' imports from django.db.backends.mysql.base import quote_name not from django.db.backends.mysql_old.base import quote_name file.

[Michael Radziej <mir@…>]

Ah ... and the patch is for the directory django/db/backends/mysql_old! That makes sense, but it wasn't at all obvious.

Please provide a little bit more background when you write a ticket. As we don't see
what you're doing, it's sometimes hard to understand. Also, patches should contain
the full path from the django source directory, so there's no doubt about which directory
you mean.

I checked 'patch needs improvement' since the patch should really have the full path before
core developers deal with it.

[Malcolm Tredinnick]

Fixed in [4768]. Thanks.