I actually found a blog post that pretty much sums up my problem. Its at
http://simon04.net/2013/03/python3-mysql/
The blog post is the most clear but to summarize: I'm currently trying to access a remote MySQL database with a python package called PyMySQL3. However I keep getting the error: "AttributeError: 'bytes' object has no attribute 'encode'". From the blog post above and some other research, I think this has to do with my database having an old authentication method.
However, I'm confused because it looks like the old authentication method was phased out sometime in MySQL 4.0. The database I have runs MySQL 5.0.51a. Shouldn't my database have the correct authentication?
I've been working on this awhile and getting a little frustrated. Hopefully someone can help. Thanks,
