On Mon, Nov 17, 2008 at 3:13 AM, John Antony <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > I have currently created a database with the following details: > DATABASE_ENGINE = 'mysql' > DATABASE_NAME = 'myforum' > DATABASE_USER = 'root' > DATABASE_PASSWORD = 'myforum' > DATABASE_HOST = 'localhost' > DATABASE_PORT = '' > Is this a cut and paste from your actual setting files? Because that setting for DATABASE_ENGINE -- all lowercase mysql -- is correct. > I used phpMyadmin to create the database > > I have updated C:\projects\myforum\settings.py in the similar > fashion.... > > However when i run the the following command i get: > > C:\projects\myforum>python manage.py runserver > Validating models... > Unhandled exception in thread started by <function inner_run at > 0x027CC670> > Traceback (most recent call last): > File "C:\Python26\Lib\site-packages\django\core\management\commands > \runserver. > py", line 48, in inner_run > self.validate(display_num_errors=True) > File "C:\Python26\Lib\site-packages\django\core\management\base.py", > line 122, > in validate > num_errors = get_validation_errors(s, app) > File "C:\Python26\Lib\site-packages\django\core\management > \validation.py", lin > e 22, in get_validation_errors > from django.db import models, connection > File "C:\Python26\Lib\site-packages\django\db\__init__.py", line 34, > in <modul > e> > (settings.DATABASE_ENGINE, ", ".join(map(repr, > available_backends)), e_user) > > django.core.exceptions.ImproperlyConfigured: 'MySQL' isn't an > available database > backend. Available options are: 'dummy', 'mysql', 'oracle', > 'postgresql', 'post > gresql_psycopg2', 'sqlite3' > Error was: No module named MySQL.base > Whereas what this is saying is that you have 'MySQL' set as your DATABASE_ENGINE, and that is not correct. Case matters. What you have in your settings file needs to be all lower case for the DATABASE_ENGINE setting. Karen --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
