postgreSQL.app : create database

Question

Hello I'm new in postgreSQL,Please guide me a bit

I have a django project

here is settings.py :

DATABASES = {
"default": {
    "ENGINE": "django.db.backends.postgresql_psycopg2",
    "NAME": "testfor_psl",
    "USER": "",
    "PASSWORD": "",
    "HOST": "localhost",
    "PORT": "",
    }
}

And I run python manage.py syncdb

There is error:
OperationalError: FATAL: database "testfor_psl" does not exist

So how can I create db??

I use posgreSQL.app, and click the Open psql

There is a terminal like this :

I type help,and nothing happen.
Please help me. Thanks

Answer 1

You need to put ; at the end of psql commad. As you can see, after command

winsome=# CREATE DATABASE testfor_psl

the prompt is changed from =# to -#. It means, that psql still wait for the command to be completed by providing ;.

Also, it is better to create a database user for django project. So here what you need to do:

1. Create user in database (in psql):

   CREATE USER testfor_psl_user WITH password 'pass';
   

2. Create database with owner equals to that user:

   CREATE DATABASE testfor_psl ENCODING 'UTF8' TEMPLATE template0 OWNER testfor_psl_user;
   

3. Set credentials in django project settings:

   DATABASES = {
   "default": {
       "ENGINE": "django.db.backends.postgresql_psycopg2",
       "NAME": "testfor_psl",
       "USER": "testfor_psl_user",
       "PASSWORD": "pass",
       "HOST": "localhost",
       "PORT": "5432",  # default port
       }
   }