# sqlalchemy.exc.NoSuchModuleError: Can't load plugin: sqlalchemy.dialects:mysql.connector

- **ID:** `python/sqlalchemy-missing-driver-for-dialect`
- **Domain:** python
- **Category:** install_error
- **Verification:** ai_generated
- **Fix Rate:** 80%

## Root Cause

The specified MySQL dialect requires a driver that is not installed.

## Version Compatibility

| Version | Status | Introduced | Deprecated |
|---------|--------|------------|------------|
| 3.x | active | — | — |

## Workarounds

1. **** (95% success)
   ```
   pip install mysql-connector-python
engine = create_engine('mysql+mysqlconnector://user:pass@localhost/db')
   ```
2. **** (90% success)
   ```
   pip install pymysql
engine = create_engine('mysql+pymysql://user:pass@localhost/db')
   ```

## Dead Ends

- **** — URL dialect must match installed driver. (40% fail)
- **** — The driver is still missing. (60% fail)