python manage.py shell

>>> from django.db import connection
>>> cursor = connection.cursor()

.....
OperationalError: (2002, "Can't connect to local MySQL server through socket '/var/run/mysql' (2)")

shuric@siduxbox:~/djcode/mysite$ python manage.py runserver
Validating models...
Unhandled exception in thread started by <function inner_run at 0xb777ad4c>
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/lib/pymodules/python2.5/django/core/management/commands/runserver.py", line 48, in inner_run
    self.validate(display_num_errors=True)
  File "/usr/lib/pymodules/python2.5/django/core/management/base.py", line 249, in validate
    num_errors = get_validation_errors(s, app)
  File "/usr/lib/pymodules/python2.5/django/core/management/validation.py", line 67, in get_validation_errors
    connection.validation.validate_field(e, opts, f)
  File "/usr/lib/pymodules/python2.5/django/db/backends/mysql/validation.py", line 15, in validate_field
    db_version = connection.get_server_version()
  File "/usr/lib/pymodules/python2.5/django/db/backends/mysql/base.py", line 297, in get_server_version
    self.cursor()
  File "/usr/lib/pymodules/python2.5/django/db/backends/__init__.py", line 81, in cursor
    cursor = self._cursor()
  File "/usr/lib/pymodules/python2.5/django/db/backends/mysql/base.py", line 281, in _cursor
    self.connection = Database.connect(**kwargs)
  File "/usr/lib/pymodules/python2.5/MySQLdb/__init__.py", line 81, in Connect
    return Connection(*args, **kwargs)
  File "/usr/lib/pymodules/python2.5/MySQLdb/connections.py", line 170, in __init__
    super(Connection, self).__init__(*args, **kwargs2)
_mysql_exceptions.OperationalError: (2002, "Can't connect to local MySQL server through socket '/var/run/mysql' (2)")

DATABASE_ENGINE = 'mysql'           # 'postgresql_psycopg2', 'postgresql', 'mysql', 'sqlite3' or 'oracle'.
DATABASE_NAME = 'mysite'             # Or path to database file if using sqlite3.
DATABASE_USER = 'root'             # Not used with sqlite3.
DATABASE_PASSWORD = '98203'         # Not used with sqlite3.
DATABASE_HOST = '/var/run/mysql'             # Set to empty string for localhost. Not used with sqlite3.
DATABASE_PORT = ''

DATABASE_HOST = '/var/run/mysqld/mysqld.sock'

>>> django.VERSION
(1, 1, 1, 'final', 0)
>>>