Refs #29983 -- Added support for using pathlib.Path in all settings.

2 files changed, 7 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/django/db/backends/sqlite3/base.py b/django/db/backends/sqlite3/base.py
index 45a22f5a36..51a15ee10a 100644
--- a/django/db/backends/sqlite3/base.py
+++ b/django/db/backends/sqlite3/base.py
@@ -174,7 +174,9 @@ class DatabaseWrapper(BaseDatabaseWrapper):
                 "settings.DATABASES is improperly configured. "
                 "Please supply the NAME value.")
         kwargs = {
-            'database': settings_dict['NAME'],
+            # TODO: Remove str() when dropping support for PY36.
+            # https://bugs.python.org/issue33496
+            'database': str(settings_dict['NAME']),
             'detect_types': Database.PARSE_DECLTYPES | Database.PARSE_COLNAMES,
             **settings_dict['OPTIONS'],
         }
diff --git a/django/db/backends/sqlite3/creation.py b/django/db/backends/sqlite3/creation.py
index 3fcf668ced..d97052f52d 100644
--- a/django/db/backends/sqlite3/creation.py
+++ b/django/db/backends/sqlite3/creation.py
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 import os
 import shutil
 import sys
+from pathlib import Path
 
 from django.db.backends.base.creation import BaseDatabaseCreation
 
@@ -9,7 +10,9 @@ class DatabaseCreation(BaseDatabaseCreation):
 
     @staticmethod
     def is_in_memory_db(database_name):
-        return database_name == ':memory:' or 'mode=memory' in database_name
+        return not isinstance(database_name, Path) and (
+            database_name == ':memory:' or 'mode=memory' in database_name
+        )
 
     def _get_test_db_name(self):
         test_database_name = self.connection.settings_dict['TEST']['NAME'] or ':memory:'