Basically your database setting should look something like this
(depending on what version of django you are using, more recent ones
have a slightly new syntax but still essentially the same):
DATABASE_ENGINE = 'mysql'           # 'postgresql', 'mysql', 'sqlite3'
or 'ado_mssql'.
# The following variables should be configured in your
local_settings.py file
DATABASE_NAME = 'name_of_mysql_database'             # Or path to
database file if using sqlite3.
DATABASE_USER = 'mysql_username'             # Not used with sqlite3.
DATABASE_PASSWORD = 'mysql_username_password'         # Not used with
sqlite3.
DATABASE_HOST = ''             # Set to empty string for localhost.
Not used with sqlite3.
DATABASE_PORT = ''             # Leave blank for default/standard
settings

You have to create a database in mysql (generally this can be done
through some sort of web interface but it also is possible to do it at
the command line) and a user who has access to the database.
Sqlite is a database in a file, in this case simple.db, mysql on the
other hand relies no a mysql database server.  Generally it is easy to
create mysql databases through most hosts.

-Josh

On Dec 6, 10:22 am, "Brian O'Connor" <[email protected]> wrote:
> i think you're still using the database name simple.db
>
> that's generally not how it works for mysql.  you usually have a server,
> with a username and a password.
>
>
>
> On Mon, Dec 6, 2010 at 1:13 PM, jc <[email protected]> wrote:
> > I tried to dump the sqlite data, change settings.py to use my MySQL db
> > then run python manage.py syncdb but I keep getting this error:
> > _mysql_exceptions.OperationalError: (1044, "Access denied for user
> > 'username'@'localhost' to database '/home/username/satchmo/store/
> > simple.db'")
>
> > So I was thinking of simply using MySQL by default and bypass the
> > migrating issue. Is this possible?
>
> > When going some of the Django tutorials, all I did was syncdb in the
> > beginning and I've never had a problem so I'm not sure what my issue
> > is here.
>
> > thanks again for the help,
> > j.
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