Django - OperationalError: (2006, 'MySQL server has gone away')

Question

Bottom line first: How do you refresh the MySQL connection in django?

Following a MySQL server has gone away error I found that MySQL docum

Answer 1

having the same issue. I need idea how to check connection state for MySQLdb connection in django. i guess it can be achieved by

try:
    cursor.execute(sql)
catch OperationalError:
    reconnect

is anybody have a better idea?

UPDATE

my decision

self.connection.stat()
if self.connection.errno()!=0:

check state of mysqldb connection if error recreate connection

UPDATE AGAIN

you also need to serve case if connection is close

if self.connection.open:
    self.connection.stat()

refresh connection is just recreating it

    db_settings = settings.DATABASES['mysql_db']
    try:
        self.connection = MySQLdb.connect(host=db_settings['HOST'],port=int(db_settings['PORT']),db=db_settings['NAME'],user=db_settings['USER'],passwd=db_settings['PASSWORD'])
    except MySQLdb.OperationalError, e:
        self.connection = None