initially I'd created given the path as /home/mark/database/mark.db but that gave me the same error so I wanted to try creating it in the same place as sqlite3 existed, with the same results.
Mark On May 27, 6:29 am, Jirka Vejrazka <jirka.vejra...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi, > > you're creating your database file in /usr/bin which is intended for > system executable files, not databases etc. It's highly likely that > you don't even have write permissions there (unless you work using the > "root" account which is a big NO-NO). > > Set your database file somewhere where you can write for sure, such > as /home/<myusername>/test_db.db. > > You can easily find out if you have write permissions somewhere by > using the "touch" command, i.e. "touch /home/<myusername>/test_db.db - > it'll either create an empty file which means that this path is OK for > your database, or give you an error. > > HTH > > Jirka -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Django users" group. 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.