That makes sense.....
Can you please tell me then, if os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath( __file__ ))
+ '/ database/local.db', would be something relative to SQLite?
Many thanks
*José Pablo Méndez
*
On Sun, Apr 24, 2011 at 1:34 AM, Daniel Roseman <dan...@roseman.org.uk>wrote:
> On Sunday, April 24, 2011 7:46:43 AM UTC+1, Hurin wrote:
>>
>> Hi,
>>
>> I have a python script where I have to fill the following info to
>> connect to my DB:
>>
>> DATABASES = {
>> 'default': {
>> 'ENGINE': 'sqlite3','mysql', # Add 'postgresql_psycopg2',
>> 'postgresql', 'mysql', 'sqlite3' or 'oracle'.
>> 'NAME': os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath( __file__ )) + '/
>> database/local.db', # 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.
>> },
>>
>>
>> I am not familiar with python, I know that os.path.dirname is a way to
>> reference the location where the script is being run, but I am not
>> sure if it is the right syntax to point to my database. Should I leave
>> it like that or would it be something like
>>
>> mysql://localhost:3306/dbName"
>>
>> For reference, I am trying to install CDR-Stats and I have python-
>> django and python-mysqldb installed.
>>
>> Thanks to whoever can point me out in the right direction
>
>
> The file path of the script has nothing to do with this. You need to put in
> how the script accesses the database. For you:
>
> DATABASES = {
> 'default': {
> 'ENGINE': 'mysql',
> 'NAME': 'dbName',
> 'USER': '',
> 'PASSWORD': '',
> 'HOST': '',
> 'PORT': '',
> },
>
> Your HOST and PORT are the defaults, so they can be left blank. You will
> need to put in the username and password of your MySQL user though.
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