The document summarizes troubleshooting an error when trying to load the MySQLdb module in Python. The error was due to having a 64-bit version of Python installed along with a 32-bit MySQL driver. The solution was to uninstall the 64-bit Python and install a 32-bit version instead, along with reinstalling the 32-bit MySQL driver. After making these changes, the MySQLdb module loaded correctly.

2. ImproperlyConfigured: Error loading
MySQLdb module: No module
named 'MySQLdb‘.
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3. Scenario
• OS: Windows 8 (64 Bit )
• Installed python 64 bit OS
• Installed mysql - python 32 bit (MySQLpython-1.2.4.win32-py2.7) There is no proper
64 bit MySQL- Python driver which are free (At
least I couldn’t find it by a simple search !)

4. Error
• ImproperlyConfigured: Error loading MySQLdb
module: No module named 'MySQLdb‘.

5. Solution
• Uninstall Python 64 bit and MySQL-Python
using control panel
• Install Python 32 bit
http://www.python.org/ftp/python/2.7.5/python-2.7.5.msi (Please note that you
should not install 64 bit version of the Python. If you install, you will get an error that
MySQL is not a valid Win32 application). The idea is if you are using Python and
MySQL, then you should use both Python and MySQL 32 bit. The 32 bit version of
python will run in 64 bit operating system.
• Install MySQL-python-1.2.4.win32-py2.7

6. • Verification
• New  Run As  PyDev: Django

7. • From the console, copy and paste
http://127.0.0.1:8000/ to a browser

8. Yes. It worked for you as well.

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