I'm working on my first-ever Heroku/Django app. I just want to be sure I'm setting my DATABASE_URL and DATABASES variables correctly. Here's what's in my code: import dj_database_url DATABASE_URL = 'postgresql:///my_app' # Parse database configuration from $DATABASE_URL DATABASES = { 'default': dj_database_url.config(default=DATABASE_URL) } When I just have DATABASES['default'] = dj_database_url.config() and I try to use Django commands like run server or migrate I get the following error: NameError: name 'DATABASES' is not defined. I set the DATABASE_URL since doing so appears to solve this issue (after I create the my_app database). Everything appears to be working fine as I code and test, but I've also seen a half-dozen different ways to set the database variables on the internet. If this isn't correct, I'd like to fix it now. The thing that really confuses me is, when I push my app to Heroku, how will the data get pushed to the web, when the database is /usr/local/var/postgres? Or will this not happen at all? Am I just too confused/tired at this point? Continue reading...
