I'm new at Django, renewing the start I made some two years ago by following the tutorial. And I'm aware there are some problems with my python, which I'm trying to solve as well. And I didn't find the answer to my question in djangoproject, this group or any other group.
I'm in Chapter 5 of the tutorial, configuring the database. I think I've done everything correct to set the DATABASE_ENGINE = 'sqlite3'. Then I check the settings and see an error: bobaalsma$ python ./manage.py shell Python 2.7.1 (r271:86832, Jun 16 2011, 16:59:05) [GCC 4.2.1 (Based on Apple Inc. build 5658) (LLVM build 2335.15.00)] on darwin Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information. (InteractiveConsole) >>> from django.db import connection >>> cursor = connection.cursor() Traceback (most recent call last): File "<console>", line 1, in <module> File "/Library/Python/2.7/site-packages/django/db/backends/dummy/base.py", line 15, in complain raise ImproperlyConfigured("settings.DATABASES is improperly configured. " ImproperlyConfigured: settings.DATABASES is improperly configured. Please supply the ENGINE value. Check settings documentation for more details. Also: >>> from django.conf import settings >>> settings.DATABASES {'default': {'ENGINE': 'django.db.backends.dummy', 'TEST_MIRROR': None, 'NAME': '', 'TEST_CHARSET': None, 'TIME_ZONE': 'America/Chicago', 'TEST_COLLATION': None, 'PORT': '', 'HOST': '', 'USER': '', 'TEST_NAME': None, 'PASSWORD': '', 'OPTIONS': {}}} I think these answers are valid only IF Django would look at /Library/Python/2.7/site-packages/django/conf/project_template/project_name/settings.py, which is NOT the settings.py of my project. For some peculiar reason a new settings.pyc is created in the expected settinngs location within the project environment. Questions: - how to point Django to the correct settings file? - what other variables will likely be affected in this situation? -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Django users" group. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msg/django-users/-/oaBBFqRkleMJ. 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.