- the dialects within sqlalchemy.databases become a setuptools

entry points. loading the built-in database dialects works the
same as always, but if none found will fall back to trying
pkg_resources to load an external module [ticket:521]

1 files changed, 5 insertions, 3 deletions

diff --git a/lib/sqlalchemy/databases/mysql.py b/lib/sqlalchemy/databases/mysql.py
index d3a42ccdc..21f8bb398 100644
--- a/lib/sqlalchemy/databases/mysql.py
+++ b/lib/sqlalchemy/databases/mysql.py
@@ -12,9 +12,6 @@ import sqlalchemy.types as sqltypes
 import sqlalchemy.exceptions as exceptions
 from array import array
 
-def dbapi():
-    import MySQLdb as mysql
-    return mysql
 
 def kw_colspec(self, spec):
     if self.unsigned:
@@ -280,6 +277,11 @@ class MySQLDialect(ansisql.ANSIDialect):
     def __init__(self, **kwargs):
         ansisql.ANSIDialect.__init__(self, default_paramstyle='format', **kwargs)
 
+    def dbapi(cls):
+        import MySQLdb as mysql
+        return mysql
+    dbapi = classmethod(dbapi)
+    
     def create_connect_args(self, url):
         opts = url.translate_connect_args(['host', 'db', 'user', 'passwd', 'port'])
         opts.update(url.query)