Thanks Karen. I was a little wary about compiling my own copy of mysqldb, but it appears as though that's my only option in this circumstance. It's amazing how many little things I'm used to Linux doing for me... doing all that by hand on CentOS wasn't nearly as fun as I remember it being :)
Thanks again! Josh On Nov 13, 5:29 am, "Karen Tracey" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > That ticket you found suggests the real problem is not a missing mysqldb, > but a too-old version. I know nothing of CentOS or yum -- is it possible > there is a more uplevel package available for you to install? That would be > the easiest solution. If not, you could download/build/install mysqldb > yourself, as suggested in this thread: > > http://groups.google.com/group/django-users/browse_thread/thread/788d... > > One other option might be to use Django's mysql_old backend: > > http://groups.google.com/group/django-users/browse_thread/thread/98e6... > > Karen > > On 11/12/07, Josh <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > Hi everyone! I'm trying to get one of our servers set up with Django, > > and everything seems to work fine up until I try to syncdb. > > > This is the output I get: > > > manage.py syncdb > > Traceback (most recent call last): > > File "manage.py", line 11, in ? > > execute_manager(settings) > > File "/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/django/core/management/ > > __init__.py", line 277, in execute_manager > > utility.execute() > > File "/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/django/core/management/ > > __init__.py", line 225, in execute > > self.fetch_command(subcommand).run_from_argv(self.argv) > > File "/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/django/core/management/ > > base.py", line 70, in run_from_argv > > self.execute(*args, **options.__dict__) > > File "/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/django/core/management/ > > base.py", line 83, in execute > > self.validate() > > File "/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/django/core/management/ > > base.py", line 110, in validate > > num_errors = get_validation_errors(s, app) > > File "/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/django/core/management/ > > validation.py", line 22, in get_validation_errors > > from django.db import models, connection > > File "/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/django/db/__init__.py", line > > 23, in ? > > backend = __import__('%s.base' % settings.DATABASE_ENGINE, {}, {}, > > ['']) > > ImportError: No module named mysql.base > > > I did a search for "No module named mysql.base" and found > >http://code.djangoproject.com/ticket/5531but I'm not sure what I'm > > supposed to do with the information found on that page. The platform > > is CentOS 5 (I believe), and I am using rev. 6669 of Django. I > > installed MySQL-python with yum. When I run python and import django > > or import MySQLdb, I get no errors. I can communicate just fine with > > the mysql database from the interactive shell. > > > Ideas? Thanks! --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Django users" group. To post to this group, send email to django-users@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/django-users?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
