I think you misunderstood the part where it said "If the file doesn't exist,
it will automatically be created". It says "file", not "filename". A file
name or path must be given. The file *at the path* doesn't need to exist,
but the path needs to be specified.
The quickest way to get started is to change it to something like
"dev.sqlite3" and re-run it.
Ben
On Mon, Jul 19, 2010 at 6:53 PM, john <johnhitz...@msn.com> wrote:
> When I run python manage.py syncdb I get the following error. I left
> the name field blank expecting Django to fill in the file name. Am I
> miss understanding the Name section of the intro?
>
> "NAME -- The name of your database. If you're using SQLite, the
> database will be a file on your computer; in that case, NAME should be
> the full absolute path, including filename, of that file. If the file
> doesn't exist, it will automatically be created when you synchronize
> the database for the first time (see below)."
>
> I am running Django in a virtualenv and am using
> Traceback (most recent call last):
> File "manage.py", line 11, in <module>
> execute_manager(settings)
> File "/home/john/Django/lib/python2.6/site-packages/django/core/
> management/__init__.py", line 438, in execute_manager
> utility.execute()
> File "/home/john/Django/lib/python2.6/site-packages/django/core/
> management/__init__.py", line 379, in execute
> self.fetch_command(subcommand).run_from_argv(self.argv)
> File "/home/john/Django/lib/python2.6/site-packages/django/core/
> management/base.py", line 191, in run_from_argv
> self.execute(*args, **options.__dict__)
> File "/home/john/Django/lib/python2.6/site-packages/django/core/
> management/base.py", line 218, in execute
> output = self.handle(*args, **options)
> File "/home/john/Django/lib/python2.6/site-packages/django/core/
> management/base.py", line 347, in handle
> return self.handle_noargs(**options)
> File "/home/john/Django/lib/python2.6/site-packages/django/core/
> management/commands/syncdb.py", line 52, in handle_noargs
> cursor = connection.cursor()
> File "/home/john/Django/lib/python2.6/site-packages/django/db/
> backends/__init__.py", line 75, in cursor
> cursor = self._cursor()
> File "/home/john/Django/lib/python2.6/site-packages/django/db/
> backends/sqlite3/base.py", line 168, in _cursor
> raise ImproperlyConfigured("Please fill out the database NAME in
> the settings module before using the database.")
> django.core.exceptions.ImproperlyConfigured: Please fill out the
> database NAME in the settings module before using the database.
>
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