I'm going to guess that maybe there is a syntax in one of the lines preceding this one. Could you share the entire DATABASE session of your settings file?
FYI, I have written a more up to date procedure for running Django on Dreamhost - built on the great posts by Jeff Croft and others. http://dashdrum.com/blog/2011/08/django-on-dreamhost/ On Jan 16, 12:19 pm, ebhakt <ebh...@gmail.com> wrote: > I have tried to install django on dreamhost using many ways : > > 1. I have tried the official django install script from dreamhost > 2. tried to follow instructions as per > http://jeffcroft.com/blog/2006/may/11/django-dreamhost/ > > But in all the cases it fails at the syncdb step > > I tried the steps mentioned in jeff's blog with an older version of django > even (v1.2.1) > > but nothing seem to work !! > > Here is the message that i get doing django-admin.py syncdb > > ============================================ > > Traceback (most recent call last): > File "/usr/bin/django-admin.py", line 5, in <module> > management.execute_from_command_line() > File > "/home/shell_user/django/django_src/django/core/management/__init__.py", > line 429, in execute_from_command_line > utility.execute() > File > "/home/shell_user/django/django_src/django/core/management/__init__.py", > line 379, in execute > self.fetch_command(subcommand).run_from_argv(self.argv) > File > "/home/shell_user/django/django_src/django/core/management/__init__.py", > line 252, in fetch_command > app_name = get_commands()[subcommand] > File > "/home/shell_user/django/django_src/django/core/management/__init__.py", > line 101, in get_commands > apps = settings.INSTALLED_APPS > File "/home/shell_user/django/django_src/django/utils/functional.py", > line 276, in __getattr__ > self._setup() > File "/home/shell_user/django/django_src/django/conf/__init__.py", line > 40, in _setup > self._wrapped = Settings(settings_module) > File "/home/shell_user/django/django_src/django/conf/__init__.py", line > 73, in __init__ > mod = importlib.import_module(self.SETTINGS_MODULE) > File "/home/shell_user/django/django_src/django/utils/importlib.py", line > 35, in import_module > __import__(name) > File "/home/shell_user/django/django_projects/WebBuilder/settings.py", > line 16 > 'NAME': 'oncloud_database', # Or path to database > file if using sqlite3. > ^ > SyntaxError: invalid syntax > > ============================================ > > Please comment !! > > Any help is always welcome > > Thanks > > -- > Bhaskar Tiwari > Freelancer Developer and Active Directory Specialist > Previously with Directory Services, Microsoft > Cell Phone: Home Town : +91 9808437438 (preferred) , Delhi: +91 9971697075 > ____________________________________________________________ > All we have to decide is what to do with the time that has been given to us > > Personal: > ===================http://ebhakt.info/ > =================== > > Professional: > ===================http://www.ebhakt.com/http://fytclub.net/http://crackzhack.net/ > =================== -- 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.
