MySQLdb Leaks Memory

mail@tahirhashmi.com (Tahir Hashmi) — Wed, 30 Jun 2010 11:32:30 +0000

Whenever people search for a Python library for MySQL, they get directed to MySQL for Python. However, there are some nasties hidden in it. Searching for “mysql python memory leaks” results in a few links which suggest that using Unicode causes memory leaks with the library.

Today, however, I found another cause for MySQLdb memory leaks, while debugging a leaky Python daemon at work — database errors.

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MySQLdb Leaks Memory