Using Django with the Drizzle database?

Question

Has anyone experience in using Django with the Drizzle database?

The first GA version of Drizzle has just been released and from my understanding it should be be a good match for Django. Being a stripped down version of MySQL it still provides all the needed functionality and hopefully a better performance.

Answer 1

To use the Django MySQL backend, you have to install the MySQLdb driver. When I install MySQLdb on a machine that has Drizzle installed (but not MySQL), I get this error: EnvironmentError: mysql_config not found. I believe this is the step where MySQLdb is looking for compiler options to build the client. We probably need a fork of the Django MySQL backend that uses a Python wrapper around libdrizzle.

Answer 2

MySQLdb is playing just fine with Drizzle. We use it to work with SQLAlchemy. I can't speak to the issues you encountered, but I also tend to have both MySQL and Drizzle on my machines. Things built ok for me, but I'd be happy to help resolve any issues anyone else is having