You can't use above version of django 2.0 with pymysql.
On Mon, 7 Oct 2019, 03:24 'Dick in Texas' via Django users, <
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> I have tried to use a new, empty database, but that did not work. Still
> got the question if I have installed MySQLclient.
>
> Tried the statements from Desh Deepak. The install and import went well.
> However, when I tried to migrate, I got the message: module 'pymysql' has
> no attribute 'install_as_MySqldb'. I put this statement directly below the
> import statement.
>
>
> Below is some of my additional background info that may help.
>
> i am begining a django project and want to use MySQL instead of SQLlite.
> So, I watched a video to learn how to use MySQL with Python. VBased on
> that, I was able to install MySQL into a C:\MySQL directory successfully.
> I also created a database with userid(root) and password. Then I wrote a
> Python program that read in a CSV file, created a table in the same
> database and then INSERTed the rows into the table. Also needed to 'import
> mysql.connector'. Using SQL Workbench, I was able to verify that all was
> successful.
> Next I tried to access this database from Django without success. Here's
> what I did. First I created a virtual environment and then activated it.
> Next, ran 'django-admin startproject <kprojectr name> . This created the
> settings file, but it is set up for SQLlite. I edited this file to change
> these parameters:
> DATABASES = {
> 'default': {
> 'ENGINE': 'django.db.backends.mysql',
> 'NAME': 'gammon',
> 'USER':'root',
> 'PASSWORD':'1ltarty#',
> 'HOST': 'localhost',
> 'PORT': '3306',
> I skip the 'migrate' step. Next was 'python manage.py runserver. This
> failed. I got many error message which I saved in a text file. At the
> beginning of the messages MySQLdb could not be imported as it couldn't be
> found. Neat the end of the errors, there is a message asking if I had
> insjtalled mysqlclient.
> I have researched these two errors without much success. I tried to
> install MySQLclient, but always get a message that the requirement was
> already satisfied. I cannot find any module MySQLdb anywhere on my PC. I
> think these two areas are related. Since I am able to use MySQL with
> vanilla Python successfully, I suspect I have a PATH error perhaps.
> I am now at a loss as to what I might try next. Does anyone have any
> ideas? All comments appreciated.
>
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