MySQL Connector/Python 1.0.9 available for download
Today we released MySQL Connector/Python v1.0.9. Release notes can be found in the MySQL Developver Zone. Connector/Python v1.0.9 contains some important fixes, especially for the Windows platform. It...
View ArticleUsing Connector/Python with SQLAlchemy
SQLAchemy has support for MySQL Connector/Python for a while now. Here is a little HOWTO showing how install both, and setup a database engine. There are multiple ways of installing both projects, but...
View ArticleMySQL Connector/Python 1.0.10 available for download
Last week we released MySQL Connector/Python v1.0.10. Release notes can be found in the MySQL Developver Zone. A notable fix in Connector/Python v1.0.10 which might interest a few users is adding...
View ArticleInstalling gevent inside a virtual environment on OSX
Installing Python’s gevent package can be a bit challanging. This blog post explains how to install it on OSX v10.8 or later without using something like ‘MacPorts‘. You will need to get XCode from...
View ArticleMySQL Connector/Python v1.1.0 alpha
Finally, Connector/Python v1.1.0 is out. It’s the first of a series of alpha releases which will bring some new features. Check out the Change History if you want to keep up with what is being added...
View ArticleMySQL Connector/Python v1.0.12 released
A few weeks ago we released MySQL Connector/Python v1.0.12. Bugs were fixed, and LOAD DATA LOCAL INFILE should now work correctly. The announcement can be read on the MySQL forums. Some useful links:...
View ArticleMySQL Connector/Python v1.1.1 alpha: With Pooling and Django!
Connector/Python v1.1.1 is available for testing. It’s the second of a series of alpha releases which will bring some new features. Check out the Change History if you want to keep up with what is...
View ArticleMySQL Fabric support in Connector/Python
MySQL Fabric was officially introduced during Tomas his keynote at MySQL Connect 2013. MySQL Fabric will help you managing lots of MySQL server supporting both high-availability and sharding. Just like...
View ArticleSnippet: Show column information using MySQL Connector/Python
Problem You have a query executed by MySQL Connector/Python and would like to show column information nicely on the console. Solution Every cursor object has a description property. This can be used to...
View ArticleMySQL Connector/Python v1.1.3 beta
Connector/Python v1.1.3 is available for testing since last week. It is a “beta” release, so it would be great if we even get more feedback. Check out the Change History if you want to keep up with...
View ArticleMySQL Connector/Python v1.1.4 GA
It has been a busy week for the Pythonic MySQL Team at Oracle: MySQL Utilities 1.3.6 and a brand new Utilities 1.4.1 Alpha has been release which includes Fabric. Yes, and of course, the one binding...
View ArticleInstalling MySQL Connector/Python using pip v1.5
The latest pip versions will fail on you when the packages it needs to install are not hosted on PyPI. When you try to install MySQL Connector/Python the usually way, you get following message is:...
View ArticleMySQL Connector/Python v1.1.6 GA
This week we released MySQL Connector/Python v1.1.6 has been released with a fix for the Django backend. If you wonder (or not?) where Connector/Python v1.1.5, it got released a few weeks ago. Yes,...
View ArticleSnippet: Fetching results after calling stored procedures using MySQL...
Problem Using MySQL Connector/Python, you are calling a stored procedure which is also selecting data and you would like to fetch the rows of the result. Solution For this example we create a stored...
View ArticleMySQL Connector/Python v1.2.1 RC
Monday 31 March 2014 proved to be a big day for MySQL with 5 announcements of products getting new releases: the next milestone release MySQL Server 5.7.4, MySQL Workbench 6.1 going GA and Connector/J...
View ArticleFixed Blog; On Nginx now
Finally fixed my website and switched to Nginx (from Lighttpd, sorry Jan!). Was a pain setting up Nginx, but afterwards, the configuration looks clean. Actually, the major headache was setting up...
View ArticleMySQL Connector/Python v1.2.2 GA supporting MySQL Fabric
A few weeks ago MySQL Fabric got GA and shipped together with MySQL Utilities 1.4. Today, 2 weeks late, a tooth less and having fixed my website(s), I can blog about MySQL Connector/Python v1.2 going...
View ArticleMySQL Connector/Python v2.0.0 alpha
A new major version of Connector/Python is available: v2.0.0 alpha has been been released and is available for download! As with any alpha-software, it’s probably not good to throw it in production...
View ArticleMySQL Connector/Python on GitHub
Last week we released Connector/Python v2.0 (alpha); today we publish the source on GitHub. Yes, we are using Git internally and are now able to push it out on each release. Previous versions are still...
View ArticleMySQL Connector/Python 2.0.1 GA
MySQL Connector/Python v2.0 goes GA with version 2.0.1 GA. It is available for download from the MySQL Developer Zone! The previous post about 2.0 described what changed and what was added, here’s an...
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