thanks it does really :)
On 28 Apr, 14:58, Alex Robbins <alexander.j.robb...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Yeah, I think that is the problem. You have to execute
> CREATE DATABASE books;
> from the mysql command line.
> Syncdb will make tables, but it won't make the initial database.
> Hope that helps,
> Alex
>
> On Apr 27, 4:04 am, google torp <toppe...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>
>
> > Hi.
>
> > I haven't used Django with mysql, but judging from your error
> > it sounds like you haven't created the database in mysql. Django
> > probably cannot create a db like it can when you use sqlite, as it's
> > only a file anwyays. So you need to use your mysql tool
> > phpmyadmin or whatever you use and create the db and then
> > you can run syncdb. If that doesn't fix the problem, you have a
> > lot more interesting problem.
>
> > ~Jakob
>
> > On 27 Apr., 10:33, 83nini <83n...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > > Hi guys,
>
> > > I'm working on the tutorial onwww.djangobook.com.
> > > I've created a database using "manage.py starapp books" then i
> > > modified the "models.py" file to include classes where each class
> > > represents a column in the database. then i modified the "settings.py"
> > > file to include the following:
>
> > > DATABASE_ENGINE = 'mysql'
> > > DATABASE_NAME = 'books'
> > > DATABASE_USER = 'Lina'
> > > DATABASE_PASSWORD = 'somepassword'
> > > DATABASE_HOST = 'localhost'
> > > DATABASE_PORT = '3306'
>
> > > and:
>
> > > INSTALLED_APPS = (
> > > #'django.contrib.admin',
> > > 'helloworld.books',
> > > #'django.contrib.auth',
> > > #'django.contrib.contenttypes',
> > > #'django.contrib.sessions',
> > > #'django.contrib.sites',
> > > )
>
> > > should i be good to go or what? why do i get the long long long error
> > > that ends with:
> > > _mysql_exceptions.OperationalError: (1049, "Unknown database 'books'")
>
> > > when i try to validate the database using "C:\....path to django
> > > project folder...> python manage.py validate"
>
> > > I really need and appreciate your help.
>
> > > cheers,
> > > Lina- Dölj citerad text -
>
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