I think you need to change the ENGINE to use the postgresql_psycopg2 adapter
'ENGINE': 'django.contrib.gis.db.backends.postgresql_psycopg2', # Add
'postgresql_psycopg2', 'mysql', 'sqlite3' or 'oracle'.
Regards
On 24 April 2012 13:21, Smaran Harihar <smaran.hari...@gmail.com> wrote:
> how do I verify if my database is proper?
>
>
> On Tue, Apr 24, 2012 at 10:14 AM, Smaran Harihar <smaran.hari...@gmail.com>
> wrote:
>>
>> thanks for replying. I have attached the settings.py file
>>
>>
>> On Tue, Apr 24, 2012 at 10:10 AM, Nabil Servais <nabil.serv...@gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>>>
>>> Could you post your settings.py please? I think it's a problem with the
>>> database section.
>>>
>>> Le 24 avr. 2012 19:03, "Smaran Harihar" <smaran.hari...@gmail.com> a
>>> écrit :
>>>>
>>>> Hi,
>>>>
>>>> I am really fed up in setting up and running GeoDjango.
>>>>
>>>> The first step was to setup the Spatial Database in PostGIS which I was
>>>> really banging my head when it came to OS X. So i shifted to Ubuntu 11.10
>>>> and it seemed it was quite easy. Now having completed the post installation
>>>> process, I created the required changes that need to be done in the
>>>> settings.py and now i am trying to,
>>>>
>>>> python manage.py sqlall world
>>>>
>>>> but it is returning a bunch of errors.
>>>>
>>>> (django-env)smaranh@ubuntu:~/geodjango$ python manage.py sqlall world
>>>> Traceback (most recent call last):
>>>> File "manage.py", line 10, in <module>
>>>> execute_from_command_line(sys.argv)
>>>> File
>>>> "/home/smaranh/django-env/local/lib/python2.7/site-packages/django/core/management/__init__.py",
>>>> line 443, in execute_from_command_line
>>>> utility.execute()
>>>> File
>>>> "/home/smaranh/django-env/local/lib/python2.7/site-packages/django/core/management/__init__.py",
>>>> line 382, in execute
>>>> self.fetch_command(subcommand).run_from_argv(self.argv)
>>>> File
>>>> "/home/smaranh/django-env/local/lib/python2.7/site-packages/django/core/management/__init__.py",
>>>> line 261, in fetch_command
>>>> klass = load_command_class(app_name, subcommand)
>>>> File
>>>> "/home/smaranh/django-env/local/lib/python2.7/site-packages/django/core/management/__init__.py",
>>>> line 69, in load_command_class
>>>> module = import_module('%s.management.commands.%s' % (app_name,
>>>> name))
>>>> File
>>>> "/home/smaranh/django-env/local/lib/python2.7/site-packages/django/utils/importlib.py",
>>>> line 35, in import_module
>>>> __import__(name)
>>>> File
>>>> "/home/smaranh/django-env/local/lib/python2.7/site-packages/django/core/management/commands/sqlall.py",
>>>> line 4, in <module>
>>>> from django.core.management.sql import sql_all
>>>> File
>>>> "/home/smaranh/django-env/local/lib/python2.7/site-packages/django/core/management/sql.py",
>>>> line 6, in <module>
>>>> from django.db import models
>>>> File
>>>> "/home/smaranh/django-env/local/lib/python2.7/site-packages/django/db/__init__.py",
>>>> line 40, in <module>
>>>> backend = load_backend(connection.settings_dict['ENGINE'])
>>>> File
>>>> "/home/smaranh/django-env/local/lib/python2.7/site-packages/django/db/__init__.py",
>>>> line 34, in __getattr__
>>>> return getattr(connections[DEFAULT_DB_ALIAS], item)
>>>> File
>>>> "/home/smaranh/django-env/local/lib/python2.7/site-packages/django/db/utils.py",
>>>> line 92, in __getitem__
>>>> backend = load_backend(db['ENGINE'])
>>>> File
>>>> "/home/smaranh/django-env/local/lib/python2.7/site-packages/django/db/utils.py",
>>>> line 44, in load_backend
>>>> raise ImproperlyConfigured(error_msg)
>>>> django.core.exceptions.ImproperlyConfigured:
>>>> 'django.contrib.gis.db.backends.postgis' isn't an available database
>>>> backend.
>>>> Try using django.db.backends.XXX, where XXX is one of:
>>>> 'dummy', 'mysql', 'oracle', 'postgresql_psycopg2', 'sqlite3'
>>>> Error was: No module named psycopg2.extensions
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Really need your help guys.
>>>>
>>>> --
>>>> Thanks & Regards
>>>> Smaran Harihar
>>>>
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