Question

I am new to Django, i was going through this Django site for building up a basic app.
They have explained the procedure’s to use either SQLITE3 , MYSQL, postgresql… I used SQLITE3 as they tell about it being a single large file which makes it easy to use initially.

The problem i am facing is to use .schema to check the database created. I checked certain sites which tell about using it. But i am getting stuck and i m confused to use it.

What i did was

$sqlite3
sqlite>.schema
sqlite>

This above code didnt work, then i came across a forum where they told to install a add_on to Mozilla fox, which didnt work to me as there was a compatibility issue. I even specified the path name where i have this database file located.

$sqlite3
sqlite> /home/ntan3/Django-1.2.3/mysite/eg_sqlite.db

which gave an error saying wrong syntax near ‘/’ .

The thing is could successfully run
the sample application explained by
the Django site.

but i wanted to see the Database created. Please Help
could anyone guide me a proper way to do it? even a specific link is also helpful.
Thank you.

Answer 1

This is basic command-line stuff. You need to pass in the path to the db file when you type sqlite3:

$ sqlite3 /home/ntan3/Django-1.2.3/mysite/eg_sqlite.db