On Thu, Feb 26, 2009 at 2:41 AM, john <johnhitz...@msn.com> wrote:
>
> I am trying to follow the Django | Writing your first Django ap part 1
> tutorial. When I get to the python manage.py syncdb command I get the
> following:
>
> Traceback (most recent call last):
> [snip]
> raise ImproperlyConfigured, "Please fill out DATABASE_NAME in the
> settings module before using the database."
> django.core.exceptions.ImproperlyConfigured: Please fill out
> DATABASE_NAME in the settings module before using the database.
>
>
> Here is how my settings. py file is settup.
>
> ADMINS = (
> # ('Your Name', 'your_em...@domain.com'),
> )
>
> MANAGERS = ADMINS
>
> DATABASE_ENGINE = 'sqlite3' # 'postgresql_psycopg2',
> 'postgresql', 'mysql', 'sqlite3' or 'oracle'.
> DATABASE_NAME = '' # Or path to database file if using
> sqlite3.
You need to decide on a name and fill on in here. (Note the comments don't
say "Not used with sqlite3" for this one, as they do for the following
ones. The DATABASE_NAME is required for sqlite3.
>
> DATABASE_USER = '' # Not used with sqlite3.
> DATABASE_PASSWORD = '' # Not used with sqlite3.
> DATABASE_HOST = '' # Set to empty string for localhost.
> Not used with sqlite3.
> DATABASE_PORT = '' # Set to empty string for default. Not
> used with sqlite3.
>
> [snip]
> My understanding is, that because I am using sqlite it will
> automatically create a database file when I run the syncdb command. I
> had a slightly different experience with Turbogears.
>
Yes, it will be created automatically. So if the file you specify in
DATABASE_NAME does not exist, it will be created. You still have to specify
a name for it, though, as described here:
http://docs.djangoproject.com/en/dev/intro/tutorial01/#database-setup
Karen
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