Thanks. That's exactly what I need. My dynamic settings needs are not really that dynamic. I haven't had a chance to read up on the various environment variables. Looks like that's what I'll be doing next.
Regards, -Brian On 10/13/07, Russell Keith-Magee <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On 10/13/07, Brian DeGeeter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > So looks like there is no easy answer to my dynamic db settings. I'd > > be interested in the complex answer if anyone has one. Specifically > > for the command line tool we have. Editing the settings.py with a sed > > script seems so crude. > > It depends on exactly what you mean by 'dynamic'. If you mean 'changes > during execution', then the answer will generally be no. However, your > comment about using sed to modify settings.py suggests that you really > mean something like 'changes depending upon the context in which it is > accessed'. > > If the latter is what you mean, you should remember that : > 1) Your settings file doesn't need to be called 'settings.py'. Django > uses the DJANGO_SETTINGS_FILE environment variable and the --settings > option on manage.py to load settings > > 2) Django settings files are just python files. > > As a result, the following setup: > > base_settings.py > ----------------------- > > INSTALLED_APPS=(...) > > database1_settings.py > -------------------- > > from base_settings import * > > DATABASE_BACKEND='sqlite3' > DATABASE_NAME='foo' > > database2_settings.py > -------------------- > > from base_settings import * > > DATABASE_BACKEND='sqlite3' > DATABASE_NAME='bar' > > is entirely legal; there's no need to use sed - just factor out the > common settings, and direct manage.py (or whatever other script you > are using) to point at the appropriate settings file at time of > execution. > > Yours, > Russ Magee %-) > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
