On 11/7/05, Adrian Holovaty <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On 11/6/05, Waylan Limberg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I'v gone through the first toturial before on another box no problem, > > but on this machine I can't seem to get it to work. After setting the > > database conection info in myproject/settings.py I try to run > > 'django-admin.py init --settings=myproject.settings'. I get the > > following error: > > > > Error: The database couldn't be initialized. > > Could not load database backend: No module named psycopg. Is your > > DATABASE_ENGINE setting (currently 'postgresql') spelled correctly? > > Available optionas are: 'ado_mssql', 'mysql', 'postgresql', 'sqlite3' > > > > The thing is that I DO NOT have it set to 'postgresql' in > > myproject/setting.py but have tried both 'mysql' and 'sqlite3'. I > > still get the same message. Oh, and I can 'import myproject' from the > > Python interactive prompt without problem, so I know thats not it. > > I've tried setting the 'DJANGO_SETTINGS_MODULE' or using the > > '--settings' option, but nothing seems to make a difference. Any > > suggestions? > > Django isn't finding your settings.py file. It's falling back to > "postgresql" because that's the default fallback (according to the > file django/conf/global_settings.py).
That's what I suspected. > > Make sure your "myproject" directory is on the PYTHONPATH. You should > be able to switch to another, unrelated directory -- such as "/temp/" > -- start the Python interactive interpreter and type "import > myproject.settings". > Yeah, I've done just that, except I just did 'import myproject'. Never thought to try "import myproject.settings". I'll have to give that a try when I get home tonight. BTW, I noticed that django-admin.py has a '--pythonpath' option to add to the python path. However, I haven't seen any mention in the docs about it. I couldn't seem to get it to do anything. Seems to me that a mention of it at the appropriate place in the first tutorial would be helpful to those not sure how to set PYTHONPATH. Personally, I'm not sure if I overwrote it only with the path to myproject or if I added to it. Maybe some clear direction there would help. The link in the tutorial is of no real use. It just explains what it is. Nothing about how to set it etc. -- ---- Waylan Limberg [EMAIL PROTECTED]
