I\'ve just installed Python 3.3.0, mysql-connector and Django. Then I created my first application called mysite. In settings.py
I had same error for Django 1.8.9, Python 3.6.12. And I was using django-transaction-hooks==0.2. And my DATABASES settings were
DATABASES = {
'default': {
'ENGINE': 'django.db.backends.mysql',
.
.
I fixed the issue by using DATABASES settings as follows
DATABASES = {
'default': {
'ENGINE': 'transaction_hooks.backends.mysql',
.
.