I am getting the exact same error . did you find out what was wrong ? On Friday, 25 March 2011 21:51:24 UTC+11, kpk wrote: > > I was trying out the tutorial "Writing your first Django app, part 1" > at http://docs.djangoproject.com/en/1.3/intro/tutorial01/. > > The configuration is as follows: Windows XP SP2, Python 2.5.2, > Django 1.3. > > The tutorial succeeded up to the stage of creating a project and > demonstration the "Welcome to Django" page. > But when it came to database setup I am having the following problem. > > I have modified the settings.py file with the following entries: > > 'ENGINE': 'django.db.backends.sqlite3', > 'NAME': 'E:/Users/python/mysite/ > mysite.db', > > Now when I run > python manage.py syncdb > I get an error DatabaseError: unable to open database file > But the file mysite.db is created in the folder. > The file and folder has write permission for all users. > The full output of the command is as follows: > > > E:\Users\python\mysite>python manage.py syncdb > Traceback (most recent call last): > File "manage.py", line 14, in <module> > execute_manager(settings) > File "D:\Program Files\Python25\Lib\site-packages\django\core > \management\__ini > t__.py", line 438, in execute_manager > utility.execute() > File "D:\Program Files\Python25\Lib\site-packages\django\core > \management\__ini > t__.py", line 379, in execute > self.fetch_command(subcommand).run_from_argv(self.argv) > File "D:\Program Files\Python25\Lib\site-packages\django\core > \management\base. > py", line 191, in run_from_argv > self.execute(*args, **options.__dict__) > File "D:\Program Files\Python25\Lib\site-packages\django\core > \management\base. > py", line 220, in execute > output = self.handle(*args, **options) > File "D:\Program Files\Python25\Lib\site-packages\django\core > \management\base. > py", line 351, in handle > return self.handle_noargs(**options) > File "D:\Program Files\Python25\Lib\site-packages\django\core > \management\comma > nds\syncdb.py", line 59, in handle_noargs > tables = connection.introspection.table_names() > File "D:\Program Files\Python25\Lib\site-packages\django\db\backends > \__init__. > py", line 792, in table_names > return self.get_table_list(cursor) > File "D:\Program Files\Python25\Lib\site-packages\django\db\backends > \sqlite3\i > ntrospection.py", line 51, in get_table_list > ORDER BY name""") > File "D:\Program Files\Python25\Lib\site-packages\django\db\backends > \util.py", > line 34, in execute > return self.cursor.execute(sql, params) > File "D:\Program Files\Python25\Lib\site-packages\django\db\backends > \sqlite3\b > ase.py", line 234, in execute > return Database.Cursor.execute(self, query, params) > django.db.utils.DatabaseError: unable to open database file > > > Can you pls help? Thanks in advance. >
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