Can you show the file structure of you project like this: /project -app1/ --models.py --views.py -manage.py -settings.py
with your actual files and structure? Also it would be useful to see the contents of you manage.py file On Friday, March 22, 2013 12:54:58 AM UTC-5, Lightning wrote: > > CORRECTION; > > I gave it a shot Bill an thanks for the reply btw ... this also id not > work I pasted what i did in the terminal. manage.py NOT settings.py is > nested in /home/lightning/Docments/django-works/mysite/manage.py. > settings.py is one down > > > On Thu, Mar 21, 2013 at 10:51 PM, hugh Manchu > <hughma...@gmail.com<javascript:> > > wrote: > >> I gave it a shot Bill an thanks for the reply btw ... this also id not >> work I pasted what i did in the terminal. settings.py is nested in >> /home/lightning/Docments/django-works/mysite/manage.py. settings.py is one >> down >> >> >> On Thu, Mar 21, 2013 at 1:39 PM, Bill Freeman <ke1...@gmail.com<javascript:> >> > wrote: >> >>> Setting an environment variable is done by saying something like: >>> >>> lightning@rigel5:~$ export DJANGO_SETTINGS_MODULE='mysite.settings' >>> >>> assuming that your settings.py file is in a directory named "mysite", in >>> turn in the current directory (your home directory, if I interpret your >>> prompt string correctly). Then that command may work. >>> >>> But that's the painful way to do that. Presumably there is a file named >>> manage.py either in the same directory as settings.py (older Djangos) or >>> one directory up (newer Djangos). 'cd' to the directory containing >>> manage.py and type: >>> >>> lightning@rigel5:pathToDirectoryContainingManage_py$ python manage.py >>> diffsettings >>> >>> If you look at manage.py with 'less' or with an editor, you will see >>> that it sets the DJANGO_SETTINGS_MODULE environment variable (though using >>> python code, rather than shell code) appropriately (for use from the >>> current directory) before doing other stuff. >>> >>> For my money, django-admin.py should only ever be used for its >>> startproject command. Everything else should be done with manage.py after >>> cd'ing to the directory that contains it (or from a wsgi script, which also >>> sets the DJANGO_SETTINGS_MODULE environment variable and adjusts sys.path >>> to be sure that the directory containing manage.py is there, but that will >>> come much later for you, I think). >>> >>> Bill >>> >>> On Thu, Mar 21, 2013 at 1:13 PM, Lightning <hughma...@gmail.com<javascript:> >>> > wrote: >>> >>>> >>>> >>>> On Wednesday, March 20, 2013 11:50:49 PM UTC-7, Lightning wrote: >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> <http://stackoverflow.com/questions/15538277/i-encountered-a-core-exception-and-need-help-configuring-for-a-database-my-os-i#> >>>>> >>>>> ** >>>>> >>>>> [image: enter image description here]I need help configuring for a >>>>> database. Is there a paper I can read that will give me an overview on >>>>> this >>>>> procedure? I encountered a core exception. My OS is Ubuntu 12.10 32 bit. >>>>> >>>>> ENVIRONMENT_VARIABLE = "DJANGO_SETTINGS_MODULE" >>>>> class LazySettings(LazyObject): >>>>> """ >>>>> A lazy proxy for either global Django settings or a custom settings >>>>> object. >>>>> The user can manually configure settings prior to using them. >>>>> Otherwise, >>>>> Django uses the settings module pointed to by DJANGO_SETTINGS_MODULE. >>>>> """ >>>>> >>>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> ImproperlyConfigured: Requested setting USE_I18N, but settings are not >>>> configured. 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