Even if your simple app dosen't do anything with the database, django
still needs those values populated in the settings.py file as the
applications inside the INSTALLED_APPS requires it.
e.g. by default your settings.py will contain:
INSTALLED_APPS = (
'django.contrib.auth',
'django.contrib.contenttypes',
'django.contrib.sessions',
'django.contrib.sites',
)
python goes and builds tables for these e.g. it will create a table
called django_session.
Jim
On Dec 13, 3:39 pm, intercoder <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I would like a little help in trying to figure out why my /now/ web
> page
> is not working. I am running Django 0.96
>
> I followed all the instructions from the beginning of the book to the
> letter as far as I can tell. I have all the files that are required
> according to Chapter 2, Starting a project. See below:
> __init__.py
> manage.py
> settings.py
> urls.py
>
> I made the /now/ program in Idle and saved it in the directory
> 'mysite'.
>
> I started up the django server and tried to run the page. This is the
> error message I got:
>
> Traceback (most recent call last):
>
> > File
>
> "/usr/pkg/lib/python2.4/site-packages/django/core/servers/
> basehttp.py",
> line 272, in run> self.result = application(self.environ,
> self.start_response)
>
> > File
>
> "/usr/pkg/lib/python2.4/site-packages/django/core/servers/
> basehttp.py",
> line 614, in __call__> return self.application(environ, start_response)
>
> > File
>
> "/usr/pkg/lib/python2.4/site-packages/django/core/handlers/wsgi.py",
> line 189, in __call__> response = self.get_response(request)
>
> > File
>
> "/usr/pkg/lib/python2.4/site-packages/django/core/handlers/base.py",
> line 115, in get_response> receivers =
> dispatcher.send(signal=signals.got_request_exception)
>
> > File
>
> "/usr/pkg/lib/python2.4/site-packages/django/dispatch/dispatcher.py",
> line 358, in send> sender=sender,
>
> > File
>
> "/usr/pkg/lib/python2.4/site-packages/django/dispatch/robustapply.py",
> line 47, in robustApply> return receiver(*arguments, **named)
>
> > File "/usr/pkg/lib/python2.4/site-packages/django/db/__init__.py",
>
> line 47, in _rollback_on_exception> transaction.rollback_unless_managed()
>
> > File
>
> "/usr/pkg/lib/python2.4/site-packages/django/db/transaction.py", line
> 145, in rollback_unless_managed> connection._rollback()
>
> > File
>
> "/usr/pkg/lib/python2.4/site-packages/django/db/backends/dummy/
> base.py",
> line 13, in complain
>
> > raise ImproperlyConfigured, "You haven't set the DATABASE_ENGINE
> setting yet."
>
> > ImproperlyConfigured: You haven't set the DATABASE_ENGINE setting yet.
>
> I see that it says I haven't set the Database engine yet. According to
> '
> Your first view: Dynamic content' The second paragraph says:
>
> This simple example doesn't involve a database or any sort of user
> input
> -- just the output of your server's internal clock.
>
> I assumed that I wouldn't have to have the database engine set up yet.
> Was I wrong in that assumption? Could there be something else I have
> done wrong?
>
> I would appreciate any input.
>
> Thanks.
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