Re: settings.DATABASES is improperly configured

[Babatunde Akinyanmi]

Hi Yacov,
Why do you think python is importing another settings.py??

On 11/13/12, Yacov Schondorf <yacov.s...@gmail.com> wrote:
> I am doing the Django tutorial. When I execute the command "python
> manage.py syncdb", I get the following error:
> settings.DATABASES is improperly configured. Please supply the ENGINE
> value. Check settings documentation for more details.
> I am executing from <my home directory>/Django-projects/tutorial01/mysite,
> and this directory has the settings.py which I defined - as was explained
> in the tutorial - to be
> DATABASES = {
> 'default': {
> 'ENGINE': 'django.db.backends.sqlite3',
> ...
> }
> }
> I beleive my python imports another settings module but the question is why
>
> and I can override this...
> Thanks.
>
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[Yacov Schondorf]

I debugged using pdb and got to a point where I could examine settings.DATABASES. It was not the settings.DATABASES defined in my settings.py. There seems to be another Django installation on the station which conflicts with the tutorial. 

[Yacov Schondorf]

Just to clarify - I cannot modify the other installation but I still need to run the tutorial, so I am still looking for a solution...

[Babatunde Akinyanmi]

Hi Yacov,
If you have confirmed that there are more than one django
installations on your computer, what I can say is crazy things happen
with more than one django installed. Even if you manage to pass this
hurdle, there's a lot more ahead.

On 11/13/12, Yacov Schondorf <yacov.s...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Just to clarify - I cannot modify the other installation but I still need
> to run the tutorial, so I am still looking for a solution...
>
> On Tuesday, November 13, 2012 6:46:10 PM UTC+2, Yacov Schondorf wrote:
>>
>> I debugged using pdb and got to a point where I could

>> examine settings.DATABASES. It was *not* the settings.DATABASES defined

> https://groups.google.com/d/msg/django-users/-/Yj2UaXZlCW0J.