Are the user and password fields meant to be blank? Cheers, Ryan
On Dec 26, 2012, at 9:40 AM, Dan Richards <rodan...@gmail.com> wrote: > First off, I am a newbie to django, python and postgres - so I suspect I am > missing something obvious, but I am stumped. Any ideas will be gratefully > accepted... > > I get the popular "Improperly configured settings.DATABASES" error message > when I run syncdb on my test app. I am running: > > django 1.4.3 > postgres 9.2 > MAC OS 10.6.8 > > I have verified that it is picking up the right settings.py file (the one in > the app subdirectory) so I assume there is either something wrong with the > settings I have entered or something wrong with postgres. How does one debug > this?? > > I can connect to my database via psql, but nothing I have tried seems to work > and there seems to be very little I can do to actually debug what the problem > is...when the syncdb doesn't work, how do you debug to figure out what > exactly isn't working??? > > My settings.py file: > > # Django settings for hellodjango project. > > DEBUG = True > TEMPLATE_DEBUG = DEBUG > > ADMINS = ( > ('Joe Smith', 'jsm...@foobar.com'), > ) > > MANAGERS = ADMINS > > DATABASES = { > 'default': { > 'ENGINE': 'django.db.backends.postgresql_psycopg2', # Add > 'postgresql_psycopg2', 'mysql', 'sqlite3' or 'oracle'. > 'NAME': 'test_db1', # 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. > } > } > > # Local time zone for this installation. Choices can be found here: > # http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_tz_zones_by_name > # although not all choices may be available on all operating systems. > # In a Windows environment this must be set to your system time zone. > TIME_ZONE = 'America/New_York' > > # Language code for this installation. All choices can be found here: > # http://www.i18nguy.com/unicode/language-identifiers.html > LANGUAGE_CODE = 'en-us' > > SITE_ID = 1 > > # If you set this to False, Django will make some optimizations so as not > # to load the internationalization machinery. > USE_I18N = True > > # If you set this to False, Django will not format dates, numbers and > # calendars according to the current locale. > USE_L10N = True > > # If you set this to False, Django will not use timezone-aware datetimes. > USE_TZ = True > > # Absolute filesystem path to the directory that will hold user-uploaded > files. > # Example: "/home/media/media.lawrence.com/media/" > MEDIA_ROOT = '' > > # URL that handles the media served from MEDIA_ROOT. Make sure to use a > # trailing slash. > # Examples: "http://media.lawrence.com/media/", "http://example.com/media/" > MEDIA_URL = '' > > # Absolute path to the directory static files should be collected to. > # Don't put anything in this directory yourself; store your static files > # in apps' "static/" subdirectories and in STATICFILES_DIRS. > # Example: "/home/media/media.lawrence.com/static/" > STATIC_ROOT = '' > > # URL prefix for static files. > # Example: "http://media.lawrence.com/static/" > STATIC_URL = '/static/' > > # Additional locations of static files > STATICFILES_DIRS = ( > # Put strings here, like "/home/html/static" or "C:/www/django/static". > # Always use forward slashes, even on Windows. > # Don't forget to use absolute paths, not relative paths. > ) > > # List of finder classes that know how to find static files in > # various locations. > STATICFILES_FINDERS = ( > 'django.contrib.staticfiles.finders.FileSystemFinder', > 'django.contrib.staticfiles.finders.AppDirectoriesFinder', > # 'django.contrib.staticfiles.finders.DefaultStorageFinder', > ) > > # Make this unique, and don't share it with anybody. > SECRET_KEY = '3*a*mgk*)dcdyzi8v4#2%z^mt^63-uqq5g)q63)xy37ogcqxux' > > # List of callables that know how to import templates from various sources. > TEMPLATE_LOADERS = ( > 'django.template.loaders.filesystem.Loader', > 'django.template.loaders.app_directories.Loader', > # 'django.template.loaders.eggs.Loader', > ) > > MIDDLEWARE_CLASSES = ( > 'django.middleware.common.CommonMiddleware', > 'django.contrib.sessions.middleware.SessionMiddleware', > 'django.middleware.csrf.CsrfViewMiddleware', > 'django.contrib.auth.middleware.AuthenticationMiddleware', > 'django.contrib.messages.middleware.MessageMiddleware', > # Uncomment the next line for simple clickjacking protection: > # 'django.middleware.clickjacking.XFrameOptionsMiddleware', > ) > > ROOT_URLCONF = 'hellodjango.urls' > > # Python dotted path to the WSGI application used by Django's runserver. > WSGI_APPLICATION = 'hellodjango.wsgi.application' > > TEMPLATE_DIRS = ( > # Put strings here, like "/home/html/django_templates" or > "C:/www/django/templates". > # Always use forward slashes, even on Windows. > # Don't forget to use absolute paths, not relative paths. > ) > > INSTALLED_APPS = ( > 'django.contrib.auth', > 'django.contrib.contenttypes', > 'django.contrib.sessions', > 'django.contrib.sites', > 'django.contrib.messages', > 'django.contrib.staticfiles', > 'kombu.transport.django', > 'djcelery', > # Uncomment the next line to enable the admin: > # 'django.contrib.admin', > # Uncomment the next line to enable admin documentation: > # 'django.contrib.admindocs', > ) > > # A sample logging configuration. The only tangible logging > # performed by this configuration is to send an email to > # the site admins on every HTTP 500 error when DEBUG=False. > # See http://docs.djangoproject.com/en/dev/topics/logging for > # more details on how to customize your logging configuration. > LOGGING = { > 'version': 1, > 'disable_existing_loggers': False, > 'filters': { > 'require_debug_false': { > '()': 'django.utils.log.RequireDebugFalse' > } > }, > 'handlers': { > 'mail_admins': { > 'level': 'ERROR', > 'filters': ['require_debug_false'], > 'class': 'django.utils.log.AdminEmailHandler' > } > }, > 'loggers': { > 'django.request': { > 'handlers': ['mail_admins'], > 'level': 'ERROR', > 'propagate': True, > }, > } > } > # Parse database configuration from $DATABASE_URL > import dj_database_url > DATABASES['default'] = dj_database_url.config() > > BROKER_BACKEND = 'django' > > import djcelery > djcelery.setup_loader() > > > > And here is the traceback: > > (venv)mac-rodan:hellodjango rodan$ python manage.py syncdb --verbosity 2 > here we are > Traceback (most recent call last): > File "manage.py", line 10, in <module> > execute_from_command_line(sys.argv) > File > "/Users/rodan/testdev/hellodjango/venv/lib/python2.7/site-packages/django/core/management/__init__.py", > line 443, in execute_from_command_line > utility.execute() > File > "/Users/rodan/testdev/hellodjango/venv/lib/python2.7/site-packages/django/core/management/__init__.py", > line 382, in execute > self.fetch_command(subcommand).run_from_argv(self.argv) > File > "/Users/rodan/testdev/hellodjango/venv/lib/python2.7/site-packages/django/core/management/base.py", > line 196, in run_from_argv > self.execute(*args, **options.__dict__) > File > "/Users/rodan/testdev/hellodjango/venv/lib/python2.7/site-packages/django/core/management/base.py", > line 232, in execute > output = self.handle(*args, **options) > File > "/Users/rodan/testdev/hellodjango/venv/lib/python2.7/site-packages/django/core/management/base.py", > line 371, in handle > return self.handle_noargs(**options) > File > "/Users/rodan/testdev/hellodjango/venv/lib/python2.7/site-packages/django/core/management/commands/syncdb.py", > line 58, in handle_noargs > cursor = connection.cursor() > File > "/Users/rodan/testdev/hellodjango/venv/lib/python2.7/site-packages/django/db/backends/dummy/base.py", > line 15, in complain > raise ImproperlyConfigured("settings.DATABASES is improperly configured. 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