diff -r 000000000000 -r 0d40e90630ef web/lib/django/db/backends/mysql/client.py
--- /dev/null	Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 1970 +0000
+++ b/web/lib/django/db/backends/mysql/client.py	Wed Jan 20 00:34:04 2010 +0100
@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+import os
+import sys
+
+from django.db.backends import BaseDatabaseClient
+
+class DatabaseClient(BaseDatabaseClient):
+    executable_name = 'mysql'
+
+    def runshell(self):
+        settings_dict = self.connection.settings_dict
+        args = [self.executable_name]
+        db = settings_dict['DATABASE_OPTIONS'].get('db', settings_dict['DATABASE_NAME'])
+        user = settings_dict['DATABASE_OPTIONS'].get('user', settings_dict['DATABASE_USER'])
+        passwd = settings_dict['DATABASE_OPTIONS'].get('passwd', settings_dict['DATABASE_PASSWORD'])
+        host = settings_dict['DATABASE_OPTIONS'].get('host', settings_dict['DATABASE_HOST'])
+        port = settings_dict['DATABASE_OPTIONS'].get('port', settings_dict['DATABASE_PORT'])
+        defaults_file = settings_dict['DATABASE_OPTIONS'].get('read_default_file')
+        # Seems to be no good way to set sql_mode with CLI.
+
+        if defaults_file:
+            args += ["--defaults-file=%s" % defaults_file]
+        if user:
+            args += ["--user=%s" % user]
+        if passwd:
+            args += ["--password=%s" % passwd]
+        if host:
+            args += ["--host=%s" % host]
+        if port:
+            args += ["--port=%s" % port]
+        if db:
+            args += [db]
+
+        if os.name == 'nt':
+            sys.exit(os.system(" ".join(args)))
+        else:
+            os.execvp(self.executable_name, args)
+