MySQLdb-1.2-cursor-params.patch - patch against MySQLdb/cursors.py to allow consistent handling of None as parameter for cursor.execute() works for 1.2.0 and 1.2.1c3 MySQLdb-1.2-NULL-conversion.patch - patch against _mysql.c to enable conversion for NULL-values in Result use with patch -p1 < ../MySQLdb-1.2-NULL-conversion-patch in your target-directory works for 1.2.0 and 1.2.1c3 MySQLdb-1.2-user-mappings.patch - patch against _mysql.c to enable correct handling of mappings other than standard-dicts