EVOLUTION-MANAGER

Edit File: introspection.py

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