This seems to happen when you specify an incorrect path to the
database in NAME.
Fix:
Use the correct path. :D
It looks like you spelled 'frameworks' incorrectly.
On Sep 15, 12:03 pm, Aju <aju.bd...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I am using the Django tutorial (Windows xp, python 2.5.4, django 1.2.3) and
> am facing a problem at the point where I have to run syncdb.
>
> python manage.py syncdb
>
> Error message (full error in the end):
>
> * File
> "C:\utils\frameworks\Python254\Lib\site-packages\django\db\backends\sqlite3\base.py",
> line 174, in _cursor*
> * self.connection = Database.connect(**kwargs)*
> * sqlite3.OperationalError: unable to open database file*
>
> Steps taken to debug:
> 1) made sure "name" in the settings file has full path to db file.
> 2) made sure currently logged in user has full permission to containing
> folder and files.
>
> Here is the relevant portion of my setting.py file:
>
> DATABASES = {
> 'default': {
> 'ENGINE': 'django.db.backends.sqlite3',
> 'NAME': 'C:/utils/framworks/dlab2/sqlite3.db',
> '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.
> }
>
> }
>
> your help on this issue would be appreciated.
>
> thanks!
> Aj
> ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
> full error:
> Traceback (most recent call last):
> File "manage.py", line 11, in <module>
> execute_manager(settings)
> File
> "C:\utils\frameworks\Python254\Lib\site-packages\django\core\management\_
> _init__.py", line 438, in execute_manager
> utility.execute()
> File
> "C:\utils\frameworks\Python254\Lib\site-packages\django\core\management\_
> _init__.py", line 379, in execute
> self.fetch_command(subcommand).run_from_argv(self.argv)
> File
> "C:\utils\frameworks\Python254\Lib\site-packages\django\core\management\b
> ase.py", line 191, in run_from_argv
> self.execute(*args, **options.__dict__)
> File
> "C:\utils\frameworks\Python254\Lib\site-packages\django\core\management\b
> ase.py", line 220, in execute
> output = self.handle(*args, **options)
> File
> "C:\utils\frameworks\Python254\Lib\site-packages\django\core\management\b
> ase.py", line 351, in handle
> return self.handle_noargs(**options)
> File
> "C:\utils\frameworks\Python254\Lib\site-packages\django\core\management\c
> ommands\syncdb.py", line 52, in handle_noargs
> cursor = connection.cursor()
> File
> "C:\utils\frameworks\Python254\Lib\site-packages\django\db\backends\__ini
> t__.py", line 75, in cursor
> cursor = self._cursor()
> File
> "C:\utils\frameworks\Python254\Lib\site-packages\django\db\backends\sqlit
> e3\base.py", line 174, in _cursor
> self.connection = Database.connect(**kwargs)
> sqlite3.OperationalError: unable to open database file
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