Cannot catch _mysql_exceptions.OperationalError

[Jeffrey Froman]

Bob wrote:

> Here's the code that did not work:
> 
> import _mysql_exceptions
> from _mysql_exceptions import OperationalError
> 
> try:
> database_code()
> except (_mysql_exceptions.OperationalError, OperationalError), e:
> error_handling()

Both of the above forms work fine here, as does using
MySQLdb.OperationalError:
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>>> import MySQLdb
>>> try:
...     db = MySQLdb.connect(user='jeffrey', host='localhost')
... except MySQLdb.OperationalError:
...     print 'caught'
...
caught

>>> import _mysql_exceptions
>>> try:
...     db = MySQLdb.connect(user='jeffrey', host='localhost')
... except _mysql_exceptions.OperationalError:
...     print 'caught'
...
caught

>>> from _mysql_exceptions import OperationalError
>>> try:
...     db = MySQLdb.connect(user='jeffrey', host='localhost')
... except OperationalError:
...     print 'caught'
...
caught

>>> MySQLdb.OperationalError is _mysql_exceptions.OperationalError
True
>>> MySQLdb.__version__
'1.2.2'
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Jeffrey