Can I use MySQL on Django(dev 1.6.x) with Python3.x?

I also struggled with making MySQL work with Django 1.6 and Python 3.3; the only thing that worked was to switch to PyMySQL. See my post on that here

Adding the answer below

My environment: OSX 10.9, Python 3.3.3, Django 1.6.1, PyMySQL 0.6.1, MySQL Server 5.5 on Windows

How to make it work:

1. Install PyMySQL version 0.6.1 (https://github.com/PyMySQL/PyMySQL/): you can install it either by using pip, i.e. : pip install PyMySQL or by manually downloading the package; there is a good documentation on their website on how to do that.

2. Open your Django App __init__.py and paste the following lines:

   import pymysql
   pymysql.install_as_MySQLdb() 
   

3. Now, open settings.py and make sure your DATABASE property looks like this:

   DATABASES = {
      'default': {
          'ENGINE': 'django.db.backends.mysql',
          'NAME': 'mydb',
          'USER': 'dbuser',
          'PASSWORD': 'dbpassword',
          'HOST': 'dbhost',
          'PORT': '3306'
       }
   }
   

4. That’s it, you should be able to execute python manage.py syncdb to init your MySQL DB; see the sample output below:

   Creating tables ...
   Creating table django_admin_log
   Creating table auth_permission
   Creating table auth_group_permissions
   ...
   ...
   Creating table socialaccount_socialtoken
   
   You just installed Django's auth system, which means you don't have any superusers defined.
   ...