mysql_exceptions.OperationalError
Any idea on how to solve this?:
(ENV) C:\Users\Francisko\ENV\Whatzz>python manage.py syncdb
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Please run command
python manage.py collectstatic
(2013, "Lost connection to MySQL server at 'reading initial communication packet
', system error: 0")
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "manage.py", line 11, in <module>
execute_manager(settings)
File "C:\Users\Francisko\ENV\lib\site-packages\django-1.3.1-py2.7.egg\django\c
ore\management\__init__.py", line 438, in execute_manager
utility.execute()
File "C:\Users\Francisko\ENV\lib\site-packages\django-1.3.1-py2.7.egg\django\c
ore\management\__init__.py", line 379, in execute
self.fetch_command(subcommand).run_from_argv(self.argv)
File "C:\Users\Francisko\ENV\lib\site-packages\django-1.3.1-py2.7.egg\django\c
ore\management\base.py", line 191, in run_from_argv
self.execute(*args, **options.__dict__)
File "C:\Users\Francisko\ENV\lib\site-packages\django-1.3.1-py2.7.egg\django\c
ore\management\base.py", line 219, in execute
self.validate()
File "C:\Users\Francisko\ENV\lib\site-packages\django-1.3.1-py2.7.egg\django\c
ore\management\base.py", line 249, in validate
num_errors = get_validation_errors(s, app)
File "C:\Users\Francisko\ENV\lib\site-packages\django-1.3.1-py2.7.egg\django\c
ore\management\validation.py", line 102, in get_validation_errors
connection.validation.validate_field(e, opts, f)
File "C:\Users\Francisko\ENV\lib\site-packages\django-1.3.1-py2.7.egg\django\d
b\backends\mysql\validation.py", line 14, in validate_field
db_version = self.connection.get_server_version()
File "C:\Users\Francisko\ENV\lib\site-packages\django-1.3.1-py2.7.egg\django\d
b\backends\mysql\base.py", line 338, in get_server_version
self.cursor()
File "C:\Users\Francisko\ENV\lib\site-packages\django-1.3.1-py2.7.egg\django\d
b\backends\__init__.py", line 250, in cursor
cursor = self.make_debug_cursor(self._cursor())
File "C:\Users\Francisko\ENV\lib\site-packages\django-1.3.1-py2.7.egg\django\d
b\backends\mysql\base.py", line 322, in _cursor
self.connection = Database.connect(**kwargs)
File "C:\Users\Francisko\ENV\lib\site-packages\MySQLdb\__init__.py", line 81,
in Connect
return Connection(*args, **kwargs)
File "C:\Users\Francisko\ENV\lib\site-packages\MySQLdb\connections.py", line 1
87, in __init__
super(Connection, self).__init__(*args, **kwargs2)
_mysql_exceptions.OperationalError: (2013, "Lost connection to MySQL server at '
reading initial communication packet', system error: 0")
Comments
@Pepe, why don't you use sqlite3 engine? For that you don't need to install a database server or any kind and it should work fine on a test windows box. For production use a Linux server could be a lot easier to deal with.