geodjango using mysql

Question

I have been working on an application using django and mysql, am trying now to work on the tutorial from this here

http://docs.djangoproject.com/en/1.2/ref/contrib/gis/tutorial/

but it failed the moment I ran syncdb with the following error

AttributeError: 'DatabaseOperations' object has no attribute 'geo_db_type'

When I read around, it says that this can be solved if changed the backend to use postGIS. Is there a way to continue using mysql as my backend and yet be able to use geodjango? if not, is it possible to use both in the same project?

Regards,

Answer 1

set django.contrib.gis.db.backends.mysql in your settings.DATABASE engine db config.