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authorMike Bayer <mike_mp@zzzcomputing.com>2011-01-26 11:18:03 -0500
committerMike Bayer <mike_mp@zzzcomputing.com>2011-01-26 11:18:03 -0500
commit1515073b960b2319bd77ed6e9f6e04e458636a1e (patch)
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parent9122268ed03d9fb59fafb62ee5a435775f1020d5 (diff)
downloadsqlalchemy-1515073b960b2319bd77ed6e9f6e04e458636a1e.tar.gz
- New DBAPI support for pymysql, a pure Python port
of MySQL-python. [ticket:1991]
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@@ -41,10 +41,11 @@ strings, also pass ``use_unicode=0`` in the connection arguments::
Known Issues
-------------
-MySQL-python at least as of version 1.2.2 has a serious memory leak related
+MySQL-python version 1.2.2 has a serious memory leak related
to unicode conversion, a feature which is disabled via ``use_unicode=0``.
-The recommended connection form with SQLAlchemy is::
-
+Using a more recent version of MySQL-python is recommended. The
+recommended connection form with SQLAlchemy is::
+
engine = create_engine('mysql://scott:tiger@localhost/test?charset=utf8&use_unicode=0', pool_recycle=3600)