Re: Tutorial database problem

On 05/27/2012 05:38 AM, phantom21 wrote:
> I've tried to set up the database as sqlite3. I keep getting an error
> on the ENGINE line, but can't figure out why as it looks correct.
>
> Here is the database section:
>
>
> DATABASES = {
> 'default': {
> 'ENGINE': 'django.db.backends.sqlite3',
> 'NAME': '/usr/bin/sqlite3/mark.db', # Or path to database
> file if using sqlite3
> 'USER': '', # Not used with sqlite3.
> 'PASSWORD': '', # Not used with sqlite3.
> 'HOST': '', # Set to empty string for
> localhost. Not used with sqlite3.
> 'PORT': '', # Set to empty string for
> default. Not used with sqlite3.
> }
> }
>
>
> And here is the error I receive:
>
> Traceback (most recent call last):
> File "manage.py", line 10, in<module>
> execute_from_command_line(sys.argv)
> File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/django/core/management/
> __init__.py", line 443, in execute_from_command_line
> utility.execute()
> File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/django/core/management/
> __init__.py", line 382, in execute
> self.fetch_command(subcommand).run_from_argv(self.argv)
> File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/django/core/management/
> base.py", line 196, in run_from_argv
> self.execute(*args, **options.__dict__)
> File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/django/core/management/
> base.py", line 232, in execute
> output = self.handle(*args, **options)
> File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/django/core/management/
> base.py", line 371, in handle
> return self.handle_noargs(**options)
> File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/django/core/management/
> commands/syncdb.py", line 57, in handle_noargs
> cursor = connection.cursor()
> File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/django/db/backends/
> dummy/base.py", line 15, in complain
> raise ImproperlyConfigured("settings.DATABASES is improperly
> configured. "
> django.core.exceptions.ImproperlyConfigured: settings.DATABASES is
> improperly configured. Please supply the ENGINE value. Check settings
> documentation for more details.
>



Well your DATABASES settings look fine (except of the path of the NAME
entry as others have already pointed out.
To be very sure there are no permission problems


Do you get the error already when running the command

python manage.py syncdb





For testing you could add following line as LAST line in settings.py

print 'DATABASES = %r' % DATABASES

and paste the results to your next answer.
Printing with %r has also the advantage of revealing any hidden characters.


Are you sure, that django uses the setting.py file, that you modified???

If you're not sure, than add following line as the FIRST line in settings.py
a = 1 / 0

If Django fails now with a division by zero you're sure it's using the
file you think it's using and you can remove this line again.




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