I debugged using pdb and got to a point where I could examine settings.DATABASES. It was *not* the settings.DATABASES defined in my settings.py. There seems to be another Django installation on the station which conflicts with the tutorial.
On Tuesday, November 13, 2012 6:32:06 PM UTC+2, Tundebabzy wrote: > > Hi Yacov, > Why do you think python is importing another settings.py?? > > On 11/13/12, Yacov Schondorf <yacov.s...@gmail.com <javascript:>> wrote: > > I am doing the Django tutorial. When I execute the command "python > > manage.py syncdb", I get the following error: > > settings.DATABASES is improperly configured. Please supply the ENGINE > > value. Check settings documentation for more details. > > I am executing from <my home > directory>/Django-projects/tutorial01/mysite, > > and this directory has the settings.py which I defined - as was > explained > > in the tutorial - to be > > DATABASES = { > > 'default': { > > 'ENGINE': 'django.db.backends.sqlite3', > > ... > > } > > } > > I beleive my python imports another settings module but the question is > why > > > > and I can override this... > > Thanks. > > > > -- > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > Groups > > "Django users" group. > > To view this discussion on the web visit > > https://groups.google.com/d/msg/django-users/-/1Vq5YXp-j9QJ. > > To post to this group, send email to > > django...@googlegroups.com<javascript:>. > > > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > > django-users...@googlegroups.com <javascript:>. > > For more options, visit this group at > > http://groups.google.com/group/django-users?hl=en. > > > > > > -- > Sent from my mobile device > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Django users" group. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msg/django-users/-/qAMqpWT-7AcJ. 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.