id	summary	reporter	owner	description	type	status	component	version	severity	resolution	keywords	cc	stage	has_patch	needs_docs	needs_tests	needs_better_patch	easy	ui_ux
9920	"Empty string is not the same as typing ""localhost"" in DATABASE_HOST in settings.py"	crazy2k	nobody	"I was reading Django's book (http://www.djangobook.com/). At Chapter 5, you start playing a little with the database server. I chose PostgreSQL, and I filled the settings accordingly. However, when I tried:
{{{
>>> from django.db import connection
>>> cursor = connection.cursor()
}}}

(after running ''python manage.py shell'')
I got an error.

I had left the DATABASE_HOST setting blank in settings.py, because it says:
DATABASE_HOST = ''             # Set to empty string for localhost. Not used with sqlite3.

I made it work by explictly adding ""localhost"" there.

The version of Django I've installed is 1.0-1ubuntu1.
"	Bug	closed	Documentation	1.0	Normal	fixed	postgresql host localhost empty	alan.justino@…	Accepted	1	0	0	0	0	0