NO, just me messing around that it made no difference. I have the db
access to all and trust and the error doesn't change no matter what I use
there. It feels like it could be a permissions problem, but I don't know
how to track it down other than to verify I can access postgres via psql
which I can do...
On Wednesday, December 26, 2012 12:40:28 PM UTC-5, Dan Richards wrote:
>
> First off, I am a newbie to django, python and postgres - so I suspect I
> am missing something obvious, but I am stumped. Any ideas will be
> gratefully accepted...
>
> I get the popular "Improperly configured settings.DATABASES" error message
> when I run syncdb on my test app. I am running:
>
> django 1.4.3
> postgres 9.2
> MAC OS 10.6.8
>
> I have verified that it is picking up the right settings.py file (the one
> in the app subdirectory) so I assume there is either something wrong with
> the settings I have entered or something wrong with postgres. How does one
> debug this??
>
> I can connect to my database via psql, but nothing I have tried seems to
> work and there seems to be very little I can do to actually debug what the
> problem is...when the syncdb doesn't work, how do you debug to figure out
> what exactly isn't working???
>
> My settings.py file:
>
> # Django settings for hellodjango project.
>
> DEBUG = True
> TEMPLATE_DEBUG = DEBUG
>
> ADMINS = (
> ('Joe Smith', '[email protected]'),
> )
>
> MANAGERS = ADMINS
>
> DATABASES = {
> 'default': {
> 'ENGINE': 'django.db.backends.postgresql_psycopg2', # Add
> 'postgresql_psycopg2', 'mysql', 'sqlite3' or 'oracle'.
> 'NAME': 'test_db1', # 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.
> }
> }
>
> # Local time zone for this installation. Choices can be found here:
> # http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_tz_zones_by_name
> # although not all choices may be available on all operating systems.
> # In a Windows environment this must be set to your system time zone.
> TIME_ZONE = 'America/New_York'
>
> # Language code for this installation. All choices can be found here:
> # http://www.i18nguy.com/unicode/language-identifiers.html
> LANGUAGE_CODE = 'en-us'
>
> SITE_ID = 1
>
> # If you set this to False, Django will make some optimizations so as not
> # to load the internationalization machinery.
> USE_I18N = True
>
> # If you set this to False, Django will not format dates, numbers and
> # calendars according to the current locale.
> USE_L10N = True
>
> # If you set this to False, Django will not use timezone-aware datetimes.
> USE_TZ = True
>
> # Absolute filesystem path to the directory that will hold user-uploaded
> files.
> # Example: "/home/media/media.lawrence.com/media/"
> MEDIA_ROOT = ''
>
> # URL that handles the media served from MEDIA_ROOT. Make sure to use a
> # trailing slash.
> # Examples: "http://media.lawrence.com/media/";, "http://example.com/media/
> "
> MEDIA_URL = ''
>
> # Absolute path to the directory static files should be collected to.
> # Don't put anything in this directory yourself; store your static files
> # in apps' "static/" subdirectories and in STATICFILES_DIRS.
> # Example: "/home/media/media.lawrence.com/static/"
> STATIC_ROOT = ''
>
> # URL prefix for static files.
> # Example: "http://media.lawrence.com/static/";
> STATIC_URL = '/static/'
>
> # Additional locations of static files
> STATICFILES_DIRS = (
> # Put strings here, like "/home/html/static" or "C:/www/django/static".
> # Always use forward slashes, even on Windows.
> # Don't forget to use absolute paths, not relative paths.
> )
>
> # List of finder classes that know how to find static files in
> # various locations.
> STATICFILES_FINDERS = (
> 'django.contrib.staticfiles.finders.FileSystemFinder',
> 'django.contrib.staticfiles.finders.AppDirectoriesFinder',
> # 'django.contrib.staticfiles.finders.DefaultStorageFinder',
> )
>
> # Make this unique, and don't share it with anybody.
> SECRET_KEY = '3*a*mgk*)dcdyzi8v4#2%z^mt^63-uqq5g)q63)xy37ogcqxux'
>
> # List of callables that know how to import templates from various sources.
> TEMPLATE_LOADERS = (
> 'django.template.loaders.filesystem.Loader',
> 'django.template.loaders.app_directories.Loader',
> # 'django.template.loaders.eggs.Loader',
> )
>
> MIDDLEWARE_CLASSES = (
> 'django.middleware.common.CommonMiddleware',
> 'django.contrib.sessions.middleware.SessionMiddleware',
> 'django.middleware.csrf.CsrfViewMiddleware',
> 'django.contrib.auth.middleware.AuthenticationMiddleware',
> 'django.contrib.messages.middleware.MessageMiddleware',
> # Uncomment the next line for simple clickjacking protection:
> # 'django.middleware.clickjacking.XFrameOptionsMiddleware',
> )
>
> ROOT_URLCONF = 'hellodjango.urls'
>
> # Python dotted path to the WSGI application used by Django's runserver.
> WSGI_APPLICATION = 'hellodjango.wsgi.application'
>
> TEMPLATE_DIRS = (
> # Put strings here, like "/home/html/django_templates" or
> "C:/www/django/templates".
> # Always use forward slashes, even on Windows.
> # Don't forget to use absolute paths, not relative paths.
> )
>
> INSTALLED_APPS = (
> 'django.contrib.auth',
> 'django.contrib.contenttypes',
> 'django.contrib.sessions',
> 'django.contrib.sites',
> 'django.contrib.messages',
> 'django.contrib.staticfiles',
> 'kombu.transport.django',
> 'djcelery',
> # Uncomment the next line to enable the admin:
> # 'django.contrib.admin',
> # Uncomment the next line to enable admin documentation:
> # 'django.contrib.admindocs',
> )
>
> # A sample logging configuration. The only tangible logging
> # performed by this configuration is to send an email to
> # the site admins on every HTTP 500 error when DEBUG=False.
> # See http://docs.djangoproject.com/en/dev/topics/logging for
> # more details on how to customize your logging configuration.
> LOGGING = {
> 'version': 1,
> 'disable_existing_loggers': False,
> 'filters': {
> 'require_debug_false': {
> '()': 'django.utils.log.RequireDebugFalse'
> }
> },
> 'handlers': {
> 'mail_admins': {
> 'level': 'ERROR',
> 'filters': ['require_debug_false'],
> 'class': 'django.utils.log.AdminEmailHandler'
> }
> },
> 'loggers': {
> 'django.request': {
> 'handlers': ['mail_admins'],
> 'level': 'ERROR',
> 'propagate': True,
> },
> }
> }
> # Parse database configuration from $DATABASE_URL
> import dj_database_url
> DATABASES['default'] = dj_database_url.config()
>
> BROKER_BACKEND = 'django'
>
> import djcelery
> djcelery.setup_loader()
>
>
>
> And here is the traceback:
>
> (venv)mac-rodan:hellodjango rodan$ python manage.py syncdb --verbosity 2
> here we are
> Traceback (most recent call last):
> File "manage.py", line 10, in <module>
> execute_from_command_line(sys.argv)
> File
> "/Users/rodan/testdev/hellodjango/venv/lib/python2.7/site-packages/django/core/management/__init__.py",
>
> line 443, in execute_from_command_line
> utility.execute()
> File
> "/Users/rodan/testdev/hellodjango/venv/lib/python2.7/site-packages/django/core/management/__init__.py",
>
> line 382, in execute
> self.fetch_command(subcommand).run_from_argv(self.argv)
> File
> "/Users/rodan/testdev/hellodjango/venv/lib/python2.7/site-packages/django/core/management/base.py",
>
> line 196, in run_from_argv
> self.execute(*args, **options.__dict__)
> File
> "/Users/rodan/testdev/hellodjango/venv/lib/python2.7/site-packages/django/core/management/base.py",
>
> line 232, in execute
> output = self.handle(*args, **options)
> File
> "/Users/rodan/testdev/hellodjango/venv/lib/python2.7/site-packages/django/core/management/base.py",
>
> line 371, in handle
> return self.handle_noargs(**options)
> File
> "/Users/rodan/testdev/hellodjango/venv/lib/python2.7/site-packages/django/core/management/commands/syncdb.py",
>
> line 58, in handle_noargs
> cursor = connection.cursor()
> File
> "/Users/rodan/testdev/hellodjango/venv/lib/python2.7/site-packages/django/db/backends/dummy/base.py",
>
> line 15, in complain
> raise ImproperlyConfigured("settings.DATABASES is improperly
> configured. "
> django.core.exceptions.ImproperlyConfigured: settings.DATABASES is
> improperly configured. Please supply the ENGINE value. Check settings
> documentation for more details.
>
>
>
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