I'll support it in next version of mysqlclient. On Fri, Jun 24, 2016 at 11:31 PM, Sigurd Jervelund Hansen <sig...@jervelund.com> wrote: > Hi > > I'm using the PEP249 as a reference, and I've stumbled upon some > contradicting documentation in footnote 1. > > If I attempt to connect to a database using the example I get the following > error: > >>>> connect(host=dbHost,user=dbUser,password=dbPassword,database=dbName) > Traceback (most recent call last): > File "<stdin>", line 1, in <module> > File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/MySQLdb/__init__.py", line > 81, in Connect > return Connection(*args, **kwargs) > File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/MySQLdb/connections.py", line > 193, in __init__ > super(Connection, self).__init__(*args, **kwargs2) > TypeError: 'database' is an invalid keyword argument for this function > > Changing parameter database to db: > >>>> connect(host=dbHost,user=dbUser,password=dbPassword,db=dbName) > Traceback (most recent call last): > File "<stdin>", line 1, in <module> > File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/MySQLdb/__init__.py", line > 81, in Connect > return Connection(*args, **kwargs) > File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/MySQLdb/connections.py", line > 193, in __init__ > super(Connection, self).__init__(*args, **kwargs2) > TypeError: 'password' is an invalid keyword argument for this function > > Changing parameter password to passwd: > >>>> connect(host=dbHost,user=dbUser,passwd=dbPassword,db=dbName) > <_mysql.connection open to 'mysql-host' at 217e660> > > In short: Parameter password should be passwd and database should be db. > > Direct link to footnote: https://www.python.org/dev/peps/pep-0249/#id40 > Link to stackoverflow with working example: > http://stackoverflow.com/questions/372885/how-do-i-connect-to-a-mysql-database-in-python > > Best regards > Sigurd J. Hansen > > _______________________________________________ > DB-SIG maillist - DB-SIG@python.org > https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/db-sig >
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