#10936: Detailed instructions for getting Django and MySQL and MySQLdb working
on
various OS X versions
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Reporter: simon | Owner: nobody
Status: new | Milestone:
Component: Documentation | Version: SVN
Resolution: | Keywords: mysqldb
Stage: Design decision needed | Has_patch: 0
Needs_docs: 0 | Needs_tests: 0
Needs_better_patch: 0 |
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Comment (by adamnelson):
Actually, when I was new to Django, I didn't know a few things:
1. The Django community does in fact favor PostgreSQL. It might be good
to simply make that clear to first-time users that PostgreSQL is the most
common DB used on Django production environments.MySQL is fine (I use it
over PostgreSQL) but here's the important part ...
1. Developers should typically use Sqlite3 and neither Postgres or MySQL
except for QA and live environments. It's a much more portable/simple
database backend for development and it works on Mac out of the box.
I went through a whole bunch of shenanigans to get MySQL running on Mac
only to realize that I would never run my project on anything but Linux
anyway and that with the ORM, Sqlite3 is fine for development purposes.
So, I think this ticket should be sidestepped with a clear declaration
that PostgreSQL is the most test db backend and that development is
easiest with Sqlite3 as the backend - the ORM abstracting most differences
away.
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Ticket URL: <http://code.djangoproject.com/ticket/10936#comment:5>
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