I think you should create the books file by yourself, the sqlite3 may not have the ability to create the file in your file system. ----- Original Message ----- From: "walterbyrd" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Django users" <django-users@googlegroups.com> Sent: Thursday, July 05, 2007 2:25 AM Subject: newbie having difficulty with sqlite
> > > My settings.py file looks like this: > > DATABASE_ENGINE = 'sqlite3' # 'postgresql_psycopg2', 'postgresql', > 'mysql', 'sqlite3' or 'ado_mssql'. > DATABASE_NAME = '/usr/bin/scripts/mysite/books' # Or path to database > file if using sqlite3. > DATABASE_USER = '' # Not used with sqlite3. > DATABASE_PASSWORD = '' # Not used with sqlite3. > DATABASE_HOST = '' # Set to empty string for localhost. > Not used with sqlite3. > DATABASE_PORT = '' # Set to empty string for default. Not > used with sqlite3. > > I do not have a database file yet. I am just setting this up. > > I ran the interactive shell with: python manage.py shell. Then > entered: > > In [1]: from django.db import connection > In [2]: cursor = connection.cursor() > > Here is where it bombed: > > ---> 58 self.connection = Database.connect(**kwargs) > > This is the error message: > > OperationalError: unable to open database file > > Am I supposed to already have a database file? I have been trying to > follow the examples given in djangobook.com, and I don't see where I > was supposed to create a file before running those commands. > DATABASE_NAME is set to where I want the file to go. > > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/django-users?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
