| Title | Error message is unhelpful when you're using an unsupported version of the MySQLdb module |
| Status | closed |
| Priority | optional |
| Assigned user | Nick Barnes |
| Organization | Ravenbrook |
| Description | If you have an unsupported version of the MySQLdb module (that is, before MySQLdb 0.2.2), then you get an unhelpful error message. P4DTI error: File "bugzilla.py", line 229, in sqlquote return "'" + self.db.escape_string(value) + "'" AttributeError: escape_string This is not very helpful in tracking down and fixing the problem. |
| Analysis | The P4DTI should check the version number of MySQLdb and (a) inform if it is supported, (b) warn if it is not supported, (c) cause an error if it is known not to work. Code added (mysqldb_support.py) to do this, 2001-10-25. Here is a table of values of MySQLdb.__version__ and their support status at present (2001-10-25): 0.2.0 '1.21' Not supported and will not work. 0.2.1 '1.24' Not supported and will not work. 0.2.2 '1.29' Supported (used for development of P4DTI). 0.3.0 '1.32' Supported (tested). 0.3.1 '1.32' Not supported but may work. 0.3.2 '1.33' Not supported but may work. 0.3.3 '1.34' Not supported but may work. 0.3.4 '1.39' Not supported but may work. 0.3.5 '1.40' Not supported but may work. 0.9.0 '0.9.0' Not supported and will not work (job000413). 0.9.1c2 '0.9.1g2' Not supported and will not work (job000413). 0.9.1 '0.9.1' Not supported and will not work (job000413). |
| How found | customer |
| Evidence | <http://info.ravenbrook.com/mail/2001/04/12/10-18-12/0.txt> |
| Observed in | 1.1.1 |
| Introduced in | 0.5.0 |
| Created by | Gareth Rees |
| Created on | 2001-05-14 21:07:02 |
| Last modified by | Nick Barnes |
| Last modified on | 2002-04-09 11:37:24 |
| History | 2001-05-14 GDR Created. 2001-10-25 NB Improved release table and added notes on the fix. |
| Change | Effect | Date | User | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 23528 | closed | 2001-10-25 15:35:58 | Nick Barnes | Added messages for MySQLdb release check to AG. |
| 23521 | open | 2001-10-25 14:48:32 | Nick Barnes | Fix typo. |
| 23518 | open | 2001-10-25 14:23:23 | Nick Barnes | Added module to check MySQLdb release and take appropriate action. |