mysql-python v1.2.1._p2 Release Notes
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🏗 There are some minor build fixes which probably only affect MySQL older than 4.0.
If you had MySQL older than 4.1, the new charset and sql_mode parameters didn't work right. In fact, it was impossible to create a connection due to the charset problem.
If you are using MySQL-4.1 or newer, there is no practical difference ⬆️ between 1.2.1 and 1.2.1_p2, and you don't need to upgrade.
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What's new in 1.2.1
Switched to Subversion. Was going to do this for 1.3, but a SourceForge CVS outage has forced the issue.
Mapped a lot of new 4.1 and 5.0 error codes to Python exceptions
Added an API call for mysql_set_character_set(charset) (MySQL > 5.0.7)
Added an API call for mysql_get_character_set_info() (MySQL > 5.0.10)
👷 Revamped the build system. Edit site.cfg if necessary (probably not in most cases)
Python-2.3 is now the minimum version.
⬇️ Dropped support for mx.Datetime and stringtimes; always uses Python datetime module now.
👌 Improved unit tests
🆕 New connect() options:
- charset: sets character set, implies use_unicode
- 👀 sql_mode: sets SQL mode (i.e. ANSI, etc.; see MySQL docs)
When using MySQL-4.1 or newer, enables MULTI_STATEMENTS
When using MySQL-5.0 or newer, enables MULTI_RESULTS
⚠ When using MySQL-4.1 or newer, more detailed warning messages are produced
SET columns returned as Python Set types; you can pass a Set as a parameter to cursor.execute().
👌 Support for the new MySQL-5.0 DECIMAL implementation
👌 Support for Python Decimal type
Some use of weak references internally. Cursors no longer leak if you don't close them. Connections still do, unfortunately.
🗄 ursor.fetchXXXDict() methods raise DeprecationWarning
cursor.begin() is making a brief reappearence.
cursor.callproc() now works, with some limitations.