This appears to be the first point at which the database is accessed. |email_object = Email.objects.get(email=kwargs['email'])|
I would print out some of the settings values before that point to make sure you're actually using the settings file you intend to use. E.g: from django.conf import settings print settings.DATABASES _Nik On 6/11/2012 6:47 AM, Group Mail wrote: > Hi, > > --- > > Preliminary Note: For nicer formatting of the code snippets in this > email, you can check out the stack overflow post I made asking this > question, > > http://stackoverflow.com/questions/10881249/django-database-improperly-configured-when-function-called-outside-of-django > > --- > > I'm trying to call a python function that makes some queries into my > django database from GNU mailman. > > When mailman tries to deliver a message, it imports my python script. > It later calls a function in my script to modify the message object. > The error I'm getting is: > > ImproperlyConfigured: settings.DATABASES is improperly configured. > Please supply the ENGINE value. Check settings documentation \ > for more details. > > Here's how I'm configuring the settings, at the very top of my file: > > from django.core.management import setup_environ > from mysite import settings > setup_environ(settings) > > When I run python manage.py syncdb, it seems to create the database > fine. Here's my database configuration: > > DATABASES = { > 'default': { > 'ENGINE': 'django.db.backends.mysql', # Add > 'postgresql_psycopg2', 'mysql', 'sqlite3' or 'oracle'. > 'NAME': 'django_db', # Or path to > database file if using sqlite3. > 'USER': 'root', # Not used with sqlite3. > 'PASSWORD': 'root', # 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. > } > } > > Further, I've commented out the entirety of my function such that it > now looks like: > > def f(): > return > > So I don't think this has to do with the function call. > > Further, I've tested the setup_environ lines in the python console and > everything works as expected. > > Further, when I restart GNU mailman, I believe it has to load all its > scripts, which means it necessarily has to import my file. This means > that these "setup_environ" lines run when I restart mailman. And it's > fine -- I get no errors. > > It's only when GNU mailman tries to deliver a message that I have problems. > > So I'm pretty stumped. I do run the mailman restart command as sudo > with additional PYTHONPATH and DJANGO_SETTINGS_MODULE environmental > variables, but I've manually added to the relevant parts to my > sys.path and os.environ dict, which doesn't fix the problem either. > Besides, the error doesn't suggest it's a problem with the path or > being unable to find the settings module. > > Thanks! > -- 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.
