Just following the Django tutorials and decided I would do them with Postgresql instead of SQLlite. I added the following to my settings file and everything worked: DATABASES = { 'default': { 'ENGINE': 'django.db.backends.postgresql', 'NAME': 'django_tutorial', 'USER': 'django_admin', 'PASSWORD': 'password123', 'HOST': '127.0.0.1', 'PORT': '5432' } } django_tutorial=> \dt List of relations Schema | Name | Type | Owner --------+----------------------------+-------+-------------- public | accounts | table | django_admin public | auth_group | table | django_admin public | auth_group_permissions | table | django_admin public | auth_permission | table | django_admin public | auth_user | table | django_admin public | auth_user_groups | table | django_admin public | auth_user_user_permissions | table | django_admin public | django_admin_log | table | django_admin public | django_content_type | table | django_admin public | django_migrations | table | django_admin public | django_session | table | django_admin (11 rows) My question is this - How does Django know where postgresql is located? Originally I thought the name was supposed to be the C:\ path, but it only needed the DB name? Like for example the docs say this about sqllite: The name of the database to use. For SQLite, it’s the full path to the database file. When specifying the path, always use forward slashes, even on Windows (e.g. C:/homes/user/mysite/sqlite3.db). Continue reading...
