Hmmm...well that isn't working either - same error. My method for
verifying it's picking up the right settings.py is by putting a syntax
error in the settings.py it should be using and seeing that it generates an
error. This is the settings.py file in the directory below my app
directory and that includes url.py and wsgi.py...
On Wednesday, December 26, 2012 4:25:11 PM UTC-5, Ryan Blunden wrote:
>
> Ok. I would try setting the ENGINE value to *sqlite3* and try running *syncdb
> *again. If that works (which it should), then we can presume it's a
> configuration access problem with the DB.
>
>
> On 26 December 2012 13:18, Dan Richards <roda...@gmail.com
> <javascript:>>wrote:
>
>> NO, just me messing around that it made no difference. I have the db
>> access to all and trust and the error doesn't change no matter what I use
>> there. It feels like it could be a permissions problem, but I don't know
>> how to track it down other than to verify I can access postgres via psql
>> which I can do...
>>
>>
>> On Wednesday, December 26, 2012 12:40:28 PM UTC-5, Dan Richards wrote:
>>>
>>> First off, I am a newbie to django, python and postgres - so I suspect I
>>> am missing something obvious, but I am stumped. Any ideas will be
>>> gratefully accepted...
>>>
>>> I get the popular "Improperly configured settings.DATABASES" error
>>> message when I run syncdb on my test app. I am running:
>>>
>>> django 1.4.3
>>> postgres 9.2
>>> MAC OS 10.6.8
>>>
>>> I have verified that it is picking up the right settings.py file (the
>>> one in the app subdirectory) so I assume there is either something wrong
>>> with the settings I have entered or something wrong with postgres. How
>>> does one debug this??
>>>
>>> I can connect to my database via psql, but nothing I have tried seems to
>>> work and there seems to be very little I can do to actually debug what the
>>> problem is...when the syncdb doesn't work, how do you debug to figure out
>>> what exactly isn't working???
>>>
>>> My settings.py file:
>>>
>>> # Django settings for hellodjango project.
>>>
>>> DEBUG = True
>>> TEMPLATE_DEBUG = DEBUG
>>>
>>> ADMINS = (
>>> ('Joe Smith', 'jsm...@foobar.com <javascript:>'),
>>> )
>>>
>>> MANAGERS = ADMINS
>>>
>>> DATABASES = {
>>> 'default': {
>>> 'ENGINE': 'django.db.backends.**postgresql_psycopg2', # Add
>>> 'postgresql_psycopg2', 'mysql', 'sqlite3' or 'oracle'.
>>> 'NAME': 'test_db1', # Or path to database
>>> file if using sqlite3.
>>> 'USER': '', # Not used with sqlite3.
>>> 'PASSWORD': '', # 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.
>>> }
>>> }
>>>
>>> # Local time zone for this installation. Choices can be found here:
>>> #
>>> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/**List_of_tz_zones_by_name<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_tz_zones_by_name>
>>> # although not all choices may be available on all operating systems.
>>> # In a Windows environment this must be set to your system time zone.
>>> TIME_ZONE = 'America/New_York'
>>>
>>> # Language code for this installation. All choices can be found here:
>>> #
>>> http://www.i18nguy.com/**unicode/language-identifiers.**html<http://www.i18nguy.com/unicode/language-identifiers.html>
>>> LANGUAGE_CODE = 'en-us'
>>>
>>> SITE_ID = 1
>>>
>>> # If you set this to False, Django will make some optimizations so as not
>>> # to load the internationalization machinery.
>>> USE_I18N = True
>>>
>>> # If you set this to False, Django will not format dates, numbers and
>>> # calendars according to the current locale.
>>> USE_L10N = True
>>>
>>> # If you set this to False, Django will not use timezone-aware datetimes.
>>> USE_TZ = True
>>>
>>> # Absolute filesystem path to the directory that will hold user-uploaded
>>> files.
>>> # Example:
>>> "/home/media/media.lawrence.**com/media/<http://media.lawrence.com/media/>
>>> "
>>> MEDIA_ROOT = ''
>>>
>>> # URL that handles the media served from MEDIA_ROOT. Make sure to use a
>>> # trailing slash.
>>> # Examples:
>>> "http://media.lawrence.com/**media/<http://media.lawrence.com/media/>",
>>> "http://example.com/media/";
>>> MEDIA_URL = ''
>>>
>>> # Absolute path to the directory static files should be collected to.
>>> # Don't put anything in this directory yourself; store your static files
>>> # in apps' "static/" subdirectories and in STATICFILES_DIRS.
>>> # Example:
>>> "/home/media/media.lawrence.**com/static/<http://media.lawrence.com/static/>
>>> "
>>> STATIC_ROOT = ''
>>>
>>> # URL prefix for static files.
>>> # Example:
>>> "http://media.lawrence.com/**static/<http://media.lawrence.com/static/>
>>> "
>>> STATIC_URL = '/static/'
>>>
>>> # Additional locations of static files
>>> STATICFILES_DIRS = (
>>> # Put strings here, like "/home/html/static" or
>>> "C:/www/django/static".
>>> # Always use forward slashes, even on Windows.
>>> # Don't forget to use absolute paths, not relative paths.
>>> )
>>>
>>> # List of finder classes that know how to find static files in
>>> # various locations.
>>> STATICFILES_FINDERS = (
>>> 'django.contrib.staticfiles.**finders.FileSystemFinder',
>>> 'django.contrib.staticfiles.**finders.AppDirectoriesFinder',
>>> # 'django.contrib.staticfiles.**finders.DefaultStorageFinder',
>>> )
>>>
>>> # Make this unique, and don't share it with anybody.
>>> SECRET_KEY = '3*a*mgk*)dcdyzi8v4#2%z^mt^63-**uqq5g)q63)xy37ogcqxux'
>>>
>>> # List of callables that know how to import templates from various
>>> sources.
>>> TEMPLATE_LOADERS = (
>>> 'django.template.loaders.**filesystem.Loader',
>>> 'django.template.loaders.app_**directories.Loader',
>>> # 'django.template.loaders.eggs.**Loader',
>>> )
>>>
>>> MIDDLEWARE_CLASSES = (
>>> 'django.middleware.common.**CommonMiddleware',
>>> 'django.contrib.sessions.**middleware.SessionMiddleware',
>>> 'django.middleware.csrf.**CsrfViewMiddleware',
>>> 'django.contrib.auth.**middleware.**AuthenticationMiddleware',
>>> 'django.contrib.messages.**middleware.MessageMiddleware',
>>> # Uncomment the next line for simple clickjacking protection:
>>> # 'django.middleware.**clickjacking.**XFrameOptionsMiddleware',
>>> )
>>>
>>> ROOT_URLCONF = 'hellodjango.urls'
>>>
>>> # Python dotted path to the WSGI application used by Django's runserver.
>>> WSGI_APPLICATION = 'hellodjango.wsgi.application'
>>>
>>> TEMPLATE_DIRS = (
>>> # Put strings here, like "/home/html/django_templates" or
>>> "C:/www/django/templates".
>>> # Always use forward slashes, even on Windows.
>>> # Don't forget to use absolute paths, not relative paths.
>>> )
>>>
>>> INSTALLED_APPS = (
>>> 'django.contrib.auth',
>>> 'django.contrib.contenttypes',
>>> 'django.contrib.sessions',
>>> 'django.contrib.sites',
>>> 'django.contrib.messages',
>>> 'django.contrib.staticfiles',
>>> 'kombu.transport.django',
>>> 'djcelery',
>>> # Uncomment the next line to enable the admin:
>>> # 'django.contrib.admin',
>>> # Uncomment the next line to enable admin documentation:
>>> # 'django.contrib.admindocs',
>>> )
>>>
>>> # A sample logging configuration. The only tangible logging
>>> # performed by this configuration is to send an email to
>>> # the site admins on every HTTP 500 error when DEBUG=False.
>>> # See
>>> http://docs.djangoproject.com/**en/dev/topics/logging<http://docs.djangoproject.com/en/dev/topics/logging>for
>>> # more details on how to customize your logging configuration.
>>> LOGGING = {
>>> 'version': 1,
>>> 'disable_existing_loggers': False,
>>> 'filters': {
>>> 'require_debug_false': {
>>> '()': 'django.utils.log.**RequireDebugFalse'
>>> }
>>> },
>>> 'handlers': {
>>> 'mail_admins': {
>>> 'level': 'ERROR',
>>> 'filters': ['require_debug_false'],
>>> 'class': 'django.utils.log.**AdminEmailHandler'
>>> }
>>> },
>>> 'loggers': {
>>> 'django.request': {
>>> 'handlers': ['mail_admins'],
>>> 'level': 'ERROR',
>>> 'propagate': True,
>>> },
>>> }
>>> }
>>> # Parse database configuration from $DATABASE_URL
>>> import dj_database_url
>>> DATABASES['default'] = dj_database_url.config()
>>>
>>> BROKER_BACKEND = 'django'
>>>
>>> import djcelery
>>> djcelery.setup_loader()
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> And here is the traceback:
>>>
>>> (venv)mac-rodan:hellodjango rodan$ python manage.py syncdb --verbosity 2
>>> here we are
>>> Traceback (most recent call last):
>>> File "manage.py", line 10, in <module>
>>> execute_from_command_line(sys.**argv)
>>> File "/Users/rodan/testdev/**hellodjango/venv/lib/python2.**
>>> 7/site-packages/django/core/**management/__init__.py", line 443, in
>>> execute_from_command_line
>>> utility.execute()
>>> File "/Users/rodan/testdev/**hellodjango/venv/lib/python2.**
>>> 7/site-packages/django/core/**management/__init__.py", line 382, in
>>> execute
>>> self.fetch_command(subcommand)**.run_from_argv(self.argv)
>>> File "/Users/rodan/testdev/**hellodjango/venv/lib/python2.**
>>> 7/site-packages/django/core/**management/base.py", line 196, in
>>> run_from_argv
>>> self.execute(*args, **options.__dict__)
>>> File "/Users/rodan/testdev/**hellodjango/venv/lib/python2.**
>>> 7/site-packages/django/core/**management/base.py", line 232, in execute
>>> output = self.handle(*args, **options)
>>> File "/Users/rodan/testdev/**hellodjango/venv/lib/python2.**
>>> 7/site-packages/django/core/**management/base.py", line 371, in handle
>>> return self.handle_noargs(**options)
>>> File "/Users/rodan/testdev/**hellodjango/venv/lib/python2.**
>>> 7/site-packages/django/core/**management/commands/syncdb.py"**, line
>>> 58, in handle_noargs
>>> cursor = connection.cursor()
>>> File "/Users/rodan/testdev/**hellodjango/venv/lib/python2.**
>>> 7/site-packages/django/db/**backends/dummy/base.py", line 15, in
>>> complain
>>> raise ImproperlyConfigured("**settings.DATABASES is improperly
>>> configured. "
>>> django.core.exceptions.**ImproperlyConfigured: settings.DATABASES is
>>> improperly configured. Please supply the ENGINE value. Check settings
>>> documentation for more details.
>>>
>>>
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