No it's not built in to Django, it's only supported via dj-database-url. The Heroku docs could be improved. They seem to make a passing mention here: https://devcenter.heroku.com/articles/python-concurrency-and-database-connections .
On Thu, Mar 3, 2022 at 8:07 AM Sam <epoke...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi! > While reading* Getting Started on Heroku with Python > <https://devcenter.heroku.com/articles/getting-started-with-python#provision-a-database> > (Provision a database)*, they are talking about *DATABASE_URL* as if it > was something which is implemented in Django by default. > As far as I know the *DATABASE_URL *is some kind of alias to access the > *default > *of *DATABASES *(?). > > However I don't find any documentation about it. > When I search for *site:djangoproject.com "database_url"* > <https://duckduckgo.com/?q=site%3Adjangoproject.com+%22database_url%22&t=h_&ia=web>*, > *I mostly find forum posts discussing issues where DATABASE_URL is > included. > I found ticket #28236 <https://code.djangoproject.com/ticket/28236> which > suggests integrating dj-database-url into Django, which talks about the > "DATABASE_URL environment variable". > The ticket is not solved after five years. > > As you see, I am quite confused what *DATABASE_URL* actually is, since it > seems considered common sense (or at least common use). > And therefore I'd suggest to mention it somewhere in the Django Docs. > Does it make sense? > > I've expected to find it somewhere in the settings reference > <https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/4.0/ref/settings/>. > > Kind regards, > Sam > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Django developers (Contributions to Django itself)" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to django-developers+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/django-developers/3b05c53f-b3a6-4220-aa84-182cd5cea97bn%40googlegroups.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/django-developers/3b05c53f-b3a6-4220-aa84-182cd5cea97bn%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Django developers (Contributions to Django itself)" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to django-developers+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/django-developers/CAMyDDM3JTeM2wE%2Bzms1j9XhZXkjXCvWzm8_Ca_XzGYZOHWST8g%40mail.gmail.com.
