Alright, I'm gonna give PostgreSQL a try over the weekend, I'll let you know how it works out. Thanks, guys! /Angelika
On Oct 28, 12:49 pm, Kurtis Mullins <kurtis.mull...@gmail.com> wrote: > I'd give PostgreSQL a shot and see if it magically works for you. It's an > awesome database. If you have any problems with it though, here's the "easy > way out" I took. I just installed Mac Ports and never had another problem. > Of course, you'll have to make sure you're using the Mac Ports tools you > install (Python, easy_install/pip) and not the ones that come with OSX. More > information here: > > http://www.macports.org/ > > Some of the packages you'll need include Python, setup tools, and the > MySQL-python connector. Let me know if you decide to go this route and I'll > be happy to help you along the way! There's also lots of good info that can > be found with google. > > Good luck! > > > > > > > > On Fri, Oct 28, 2011 at 5:47 AM, Andre Terra <andrete...@gmail.com> wrote: > > PostgreSQL is great, you will have no regrets! > > > Cheers, > > AT > > > On Fri, Oct 28, 2011 at 6:13 AM, angelika <angelika.ols...@gmail.com>wrote: > > >> Thank you all for your help and suggestions. Last time I installed > >> Django it took a full two days and I was nearly in tears at the end. > >> Most of the time was spend trying to solve the problems that Kurtis is > >> talking about, with the MySQLdb package. Although I am usually not a > >> person who takes shortcuts, this time I'm really looking for the > >> easiest way to just get the darn thing to work. > > >> creecode, I tried the commands you suggested first. No matter which > >> version I switched to, it still said No module named django, which > >> seems weird but there it is. So I ran sudo easy_install django, just > >> to see if it could be that easy. When the install was done, it seemed > >> to work at first. I could run import django, no problem. I started the > >> tutorial on djangoproject.com and got as far as setting up a db and > >> running python manage.py runserver, before the dreaded > >> "django.core.exceptions.ImproperlyConfigured: Error loading MySQLdb > >> module: No module named MySQLdb" started showing up. God damn it. > > >> At this point I thinking maybe I should just switch to using > >> PostgreSQL instead, if that would solve the problem. What do you guys > >> think? > > >> /Angelika > > >> On Oct 27, 6:12 pm, Andre Terra <andrete...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> > IMHO, If you can't understand how imports and sys.path work, it's best > >> to > >> > put the Django book aside and read up on the basics of installing and > >> > running Python. > > >> > Cheers, > >> > AT > > >> > On Thu, Oct 27, 2011 at 1:55 PM, creecode <creec...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> > > Angelika may not want to get into virtualenv and virtualenvwrapper at > >> this > >> > > point. If you're just getting into Python/Django it may be more > >> overhead > >> > > than you want to deal with conceptually at this time. If your project > >> is > >> > > simple or you're just learning then you may want to wait until you > >> feel the > >> > > need for these tools. > > >> > > Don't get me wrong these tools are fantastic and I use them myself! > > >> > > Toodle-loooooooooo.......... > >> > > creecode > > >> > > -- > >> > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > >> Groups > >> > > "Django users" group. > >> > > To view this discussion on the web visit > >> > >https://groups.google.com/d/msg/django-users/-/uzKtIhXl5qMJ. > > >> > > To post to this group, send email to django-users@googlegroups.com. > >> > > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > >> > > django-users+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > >> > > For more options, visit this group at > >> > >http://groups.google.com/group/django-users?hl=en. > > >> -- > >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > >> "Django users" group. > >> To post to this group, send email to django-users@googlegroups.com. > >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > >> django-users+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > >> For more options, visit this group at > >>http://groups.google.com/group/django-users?hl=en. > > > -- > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > > "Django users" group. > > To post to this group, send email to django-users@googlegroups.com. > > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > > django-users+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > > For more options, visit this group at > >http://groups.google.com/group/django-users?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Django users" group. To post to this group, send email to django-users@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to django-users+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/django-users?hl=en.
