from MySQLdb.constants import FIELD_TYPE from django.contrib.gis.gdal import OGRGeomType from django.db.backends.mysql.introspection import DatabaseIntrospection class MySQLIntrospection(DatabaseIntrospection): # Updating the data_types_reverse dictionary with the appropriate # type for Geometry fields. data_types_reverse = DatabaseIntrospection.data_types_reverse.copy() data_types_reverse[FIELD_TYPE.GEOMETRY] = 'GeometryField' def get_geometry_type(self, table_name, geo_col): cursor = self.connection.cursor() try: # In order to get the specific geometry type of the field, # we introspect on the table definition using `DESCRIBE`. cursor.execute('DESCRIBE %s' % self.connection.ops.quote_name(table_name)) # Increment over description info until we get to the geometry # column. for column, typ, null, key, default, extra in cursor.fetchall(): if column == geo_col: # Using OGRGeomType to convert from OGC name to Django field. # MySQL does not support 3D or SRIDs, so the field params # are empty. field_type = OGRGeomType(typ).django field_params = {} break finally: cursor.close() return field_type, field_params