Cannot use runserver without definig default database

[Yaşar Arabacı]

Hi,

In latest source, you cannot use runserver command without defining a default database settings because django.core.management.validation imports django.db. I thought this may be a design decision, but I am opening a ticket just in case it is not.

[Simon Charette]

Hi yasar!

Is it possible that you provide more info concerning the issue because it actually works for me doing the following:

(trunk)simon@simon-laptop:~/Bureau$ django-admin.py startproject ticket_16968
(trunk)simon@simon-laptop:~/Bureau$ cd ticket_16968/
(trunk)simon@simon-laptop:~/Bureau/ticket_16968$ ./manage.py validate
0 errors found
(trunk)simon@simon-laptop:~/Bureau/ticket_16968$ ./manage.py runserver 
Validating models...

0 errors found
Django version 1.4 pre-alpha SVN-16921, using settings 'ticket_16968.settings'
Development server is running at http://127.0.0.1:8000/
Quit the server with CONTROL-C.

Plus browsing to ​http://127.0.0.1:8000/ provides some useful information telling that you can actually run a django instance without interacting with a db:
If you plan to use a database, edit the DATABASES setting in ticket_16968/settings.py.

[Yaşar Arabacı]

I guess there was something in my installed apps that needed to use database in the time I was trying to runserver. Ticket can be closed.