ok, I've added coltrane!..rock on! I added an admin.py file to the coltrane folder..
--------------------------------------------------------------------------- #admin.py from django.contrib import admin from coltrane.models import Category admin.site.register(Category) --------------------------------------------------------------------------- and then ran: [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~/django_projects/mysite$ python manage.py syncdb rather than.. [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~/django_projects$ python manage.py syncdb still a bit confused though as I thought that by exporting my python path in the project folder I would be able to access manage.py from the site-packages directory and therefore be able to run.. [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~/django_projects$ python manage.py syncdb On Dec 9, 12:31 pm, mangamonk <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >>>import sys; sys.path > > ['', '/home/mark/django_projects', > '/home/mark/django_projects/coltrane', > '/usr/lib/python25.zip', > '/usr/lib/python2.5', > '/usr/lib/python2.5/plat-linux2', > '/usr/lib/python2.5/lib-tk', > '/usr/lib/python2.5/lib-dynload', > '/usr/local/lib/python2.5/site-packages', > '/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages', > '/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/Numeric', > '/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/PIL', > '/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/gst-0.10', > '/var/lib/python-support/python2.5', > '/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/gtk-2.0', > '/var/lib/python-support/python2.5/gtk-2.0'] > > On Dec 9, 12:02 pm, mangamonk <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > I'm working through 'practical django projects' > > on page 46, in order to develop stanalone application, I need to add > > my django 'project' to the python path. therefore.. > > > export PYTHONPATH=/home/mark/django_projects/:$PYTHONPATH > > > then a little later in the tutorial after setting up the 'coltrane > > application' I run the 'python manage.py syndb' command, from within > > the project folder, > > > '[EMAIL PROTECTED]:~/django_projects$ python manage.py syncdb' > > > and get the following error... > > > 'python: can't open file 'manage.py': [Errno 2] No such file or > > directory' > > > how I do I test to see what my python path is? > > what am I doing wrong? --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
