Dear MySQL users,

MySQL Connector/Python v1.2.3 is the new version of the 1.2 release
series of the pure Python database driver for MySQL. This is the first
GA (General Availability) version of Connector/Python 1.2.

MySQL Connector/Python version 1.2.3 is compatible with MySQL Server
versions 5.5 and greater. Python 2.6 and 2.7, as well as Python 3.2
and greater are supported.

MySQL Connector/Python 1.2.3 is available for download from
http://dev.mysql.com/downloads/connector/python/#downloads

This release will be available on eDelivery (OSDC) in next month's upload
cycle.

The ChangeLog file included in the distribution contains a brief summary
of changes in MySQL Connector/Python 1.2.3. For a more complete list of
changes, see below or online at:

http://dev.mysql.com/doc/relnotes/connector-python/en/

Changes in MySQL Connector/Python 1.2.3 (2014-08-22)

Functionality Added or Changed

* Connector/Python is now compatible with Django 1.7. (Bug
#72746, Bug #19225481)

Bugs Fixed

* Negative timedelta values were incorrectly converted to and
from Python. Thanks to Vitali Graf for the patch. (Bug #72493,
Bug #18694096)

* Fetching results from a prepared statement that returned many
columns could produce an error. (Bug #72602, Bug #18742429)

* Previously, a RuntimeError exception was raised when a Django
application was inactive for a while. Now, the Django backend
verifies that the database connection is still valid each time
a database request is made. (Bug #72545, Bug #18843153)

* Django TimeField values of 00:00:00 were incorrectly converted
to NULL because Python considered that value equal to False.
(Bug #72732, Bug #18956789)

* An exception was raised when a cursor tried to convert
LINESTRING data as UTF-8 data. Now such values are returned
without decoding. (Bug #73187, Bug #19164627)

* With Python 2, Connector/Python could truncate digits of
floating-point values. (Bug #73266, Bug #19225481)


Documentation
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Online: http://dev.mysql.com/doc/connector-python/en/index.html

The source distribution includes the manual in various formats under
the docs/ folder.

Reporting Bugs
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We welcome and appreciate your feedback and bug reports:
http://bugs.mysql.com/

Enjoy!

On Behalf of the MySQL RE team at Oracle,
Sowmya Dass