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authorTim Graham <timograham@gmail.com>2012-10-11 19:54:52 -0400
committerTim Graham <timograham@gmail.com>2012-10-11 20:01:30 -0400
commit470deb5cbb765e2e731c5b0b184247c7f87482aa (patch)
tree8d866e63bedc9c1dbad7988910898b561c7f894d
parent6b56aeec6e21c1cf7eccfd89f0f5c6722a066efc (diff)
Fixed #10936 - Noted that using SQLite for development is a good idea
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@@ -80,7 +80,12 @@ Get your database running
If you plan to use Django's database API functionality, you'll need to make
sure a database server is running. Django supports many different database
servers and is officially supported with PostgreSQL_, MySQL_, Oracle_ and
-SQLite_ (although SQLite doesn't require a separate server to be running).
+SQLite_.
+
+It is common practice to use SQLite in a desktop development environment.
+Unless you need database feature parity between your desktop development
+environment and your deployment environment, using SQLite for development is
+generally the simplest option as it doesn't require running a separate server.
In addition to the officially supported databases, there are backends provided
by 3rd parties that allow you to use other databases with Django: