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| author | Bob McDonald <github@t4ac.com> | 2016-03-04 10:24:23 +0900 |
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| committer | Tim Graham <timograham@gmail.com> | 2016-03-05 09:09:51 -0500 |
| commit | e16a0b0998e456d011327a28ce68ba8afbddfa9a (patch) | |
| tree | 33ff0410b52c19862d2b8ebcdd3e6cc460341c7f | |
| parent | 9c195d45a64b0d2baee218e617ca3a762efc0bf5 (diff) | |
[1.9.x] Fixed #26312 -- Documented "create database" requirement in tutorial 2.
Backport of b388c294eb5745b3e01dedf0220636fae87ea9a2 from master
| -rw-r--r-- | docs/intro/tutorial02.txt | 13 |
1 files changed, 9 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/docs/intro/tutorial02.txt b/docs/intro/tutorial02.txt index fbf15e8d1b..53daae9135 100644 --- a/docs/intro/tutorial02.txt +++ b/docs/intro/tutorial02.txt @@ -41,11 +41,16 @@ If you are not using SQLite as your database, additional settings such as :setting:`USER`, :setting:`PASSWORD`, and :setting:`HOST` must be added. For more details, see the reference documentation for :setting:`DATABASES`. -.. note:: +.. admonition:: For non-SQLite users - If you're using PostgreSQL or MySQL, make sure you've created a database by - this point. Do that with "``CREATE DATABASE database_name;``" within your - database's interactive prompt. + If you're using a database besides SQLite, make sure you've created a + database by this point. Do that with "``CREATE DATABASE database_name;``" + within your database's interactive prompt. + + Also make sure that the database user provided in :file:`mysite/settings.py` + has "create database" privileges. This allows automatic creation of a + :ref:`test database <the-test-database>` which will be needed in a later + tutorial. If you're using SQLite, you don't need to create anything beforehand - the database file will be created automatically when it is needed. |