"""
MySQL database backend for Django.

Requires MySQLdb: http://sourceforge.net/projects/mysql-python
"""

import re

try:
    import MySQLdb as Database
except ImportError, e:
    from django.core.exceptions import ImproperlyConfigured
    raise ImproperlyConfigured("Error loading MySQLdb module: %s" % e)

# We want version (1, 2, 1, 'final', 2) or later. We can't just use
# lexicographic ordering in this check because then (1, 2, 1, 'gamma')
# inadvertently passes the version test.
version = Database.version_info
if (version < (1,2,1) or (version[:3] == (1, 2, 1) and
        (len(version) < 5 or version[3] != 'final' or version[4] < 2))):