MySQL Connector/Python                          MySQL driver written in Python
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Copyright (c) 2009,2010, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
Use is subject to license terms. (See COPYING)

MySQL Connector/Python is implementing the MySQL Client/Server protocol
completely in Python. This means you don't have to compile anything or MySQL
(client library) doesn't even have to be installed on the machine.

Disclaimer
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!!!!!!!!!!! THIS IS STILL IN DEVELOPMENT !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
!!!!!!!! EXPECT THING TO NOT WORK OR GO WRONG !!!!!!!!!!!!!!
!!!! DO NOT USE IN PRODUCTION etc.. etc... !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Ah, and make backups!

Dependencies
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* Python 2.5 or greater
* Python 3.1 or greater

Connects to:
* MySQL 4.1 or greater
* Will not work with MySQL servers using 'old passwords'!

Installation
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To install MySQL Connector/Python, first unpack the ZIP archive or
'tar ball' you download:

  shell> unzip mysql-connector-python-0.2.0-devel.zip
    or
  shell> tar xzf mysql-connector-python-0.2.0-devel.tar.gz

Then simply execute the setup.py script with the 'install' argument:

  shell> cd mysql-connector-python-0.2.0/
  shell> python setup.py install

setup.py will figure out which Python version you have and install the
correct modules.

Usage
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There are examples provided for both Python v2 and v3. Please check
the following directories which comes with the MySQL Connector/Python
distribution:

* For Python v2:  python2/examples/
* For Python v3:  python3/examples/

Simply execute the examples as follows after installation:

 shell> python engines.py

Testing
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Unit tests are provided and can be run using the unittests.py script. Mind
that you best edit the file so the connection parameters are correct for your
MySQL Server.

Report problems
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Report problems using LaunchPad's bug system here:
  https://bugs.launchpad.net/myconnpy

Credits
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* Andy Dustman - we owe you big time for MySQLdb
* Jess Balint - early development of native Python driver, helped a bit
* Everyone reporting bugs through Launchpad