Thanks to all who responded and especially Shawn who said much the same thing in a way I could grasp.
... import os os.environ['DJANGO_SETTINGS_MODULE'] = 'mysite.settings' >From the docs: http://docs.djangoproject.com/en/dev/topics/settings/ Shawn -- 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.