diff -r 6641e941ef1e -r ff1a9aa48cfd app/django/db/backends/mysql/client.py
--- a/app/django/db/backends/mysql/client.py	Tue Oct 14 12:36:55 2008 +0000
+++ b/app/django/db/backends/mysql/client.py	Tue Oct 14 16:00:59 2008 +0000
@@ -1,27 +1,31 @@
+from django.db.backends import BaseDatabaseClient
 from django.conf import settings
 import os
 
-def runshell():
-    args = ['']
-    db = settings.DATABASE_OPTIONS.get('db', settings.DATABASE_NAME)
-    user = settings.DATABASE_OPTIONS.get('user', settings.DATABASE_USER)
-    passwd = settings.DATABASE_OPTIONS.get('passwd', settings.DATABASE_PASSWORD)
-    host = settings.DATABASE_OPTIONS.get('host', settings.DATABASE_HOST)
-    port = settings.DATABASE_OPTIONS.get('port', settings.DATABASE_PORT)
-    defaults_file = settings.DATABASE_OPTIONS.get('read_default_file')
-    # Seems to be no good way to set sql_mode with CLI
+class DatabaseClient(BaseDatabaseClient):
+    executable_name = 'mysql'
+
+    def runshell(self):
+        args = ['']
+        db = settings.DATABASE_OPTIONS.get('db', settings.DATABASE_NAME)
+        user = settings.DATABASE_OPTIONS.get('user', settings.DATABASE_USER)
+        passwd = settings.DATABASE_OPTIONS.get('passwd', settings.DATABASE_PASSWORD)
+        host = settings.DATABASE_OPTIONS.get('host', settings.DATABASE_HOST)
+        port = settings.DATABASE_OPTIONS.get('port', settings.DATABASE_PORT)
+        defaults_file = settings.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 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]
 
-    os.execvp('mysql', args)
+        os.execvp(self.executable_name, args)