Thank you, Mike. I haven't tried your first option yet, but I will either today or tomorrow. What kinds of clues would I look for in settings? Also: any ideas about my first question?
Everyone: I'm in Naples, Florida. If anyone is in the Southwest Florida area and wants to try and help, I'll get you a Randy's key lime pie. Or take you out for seafood. Or something. On Sunday, July 6, 2014 7:36:46 PM UTC-4, Janelle O'Dea wrote: > > Hi all, > > I have two separate Django questions. > > One: I am trying to learn how to use Django on my computer (Mac OS, > Mavericks) and was first getting the error "unable to open database" when > running "python manage.py syncdb." To fix it, I followed instructions from > here: https://coderwall.com/p/gl_grw > Now, I can't save settings.py. I realize this may have to do with the > advice to change permissions on the page I just linked to; how can I change > them back? > When I run the "python manage.py syncdb" command now, it tells me there's > a syntax error in settings.py. When I try to fix settings.py and save it, > it tells me ERRNO 13 permission denied. > I'm mainly trying to get a feel for Django because I may want to use it in > the near future. > > Two: At my workplace, someone produced a Django app on Ubuntu. The app is > a source database for reporters to view and add to (I work at a newspaper). > The main question: can I get the source information out of this database so > that we can recover it and use it, even if the original creator of this > app/database is not available? He isn't responding to phone calls or > emails, and bosses want me to see if I can extract the info. I've never > worked in Ubuntu before. > > Thanks for any help that anyone can provide. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Django users" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/django-users. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/django-users/38f6d8d0-efe2-4739-9e79-bdcd35f2cc7b%40googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
