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
19775	"database configuration without ""default"" not supported"	monkut	Warren Smith	"For version 1.4 and dev documentation on multiple databases the text seems to imply that you can choose not to define a ""default"" db

https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/1.4/topics/db/multi-db/#defining-your-databases

''
... Django uses the database with the alias of default when no other database has been selected. If you don’t have a default database, you need to be careful to always specify the database that you want to use.
''

However, when you actually remove, or do not include a ""default"" and attempt to syncdb with Postgresql, you get the following error that explicitly tells you, that you *must* define a ""default"" database:

{{{
>python manage.py syncdb
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File ""manage.py"", line 16, in <module>
    execute_manager(settings)
  File ""C:\Python27\lib\site-packages\django\core\management\__init__.py"", line 459, in execute_manager
    utility.execute()
  File ""C:\Python27\lib\site-packages\django\core\management\__init__.py"", line 382, in execute
    self.fetch_command(subcommand).run_from_argv(self.argv)
  File ""C:\Python27\lib\site-packages\django\core\management\__init__.py"", line 261, in fetch_command
    klass = load_command_class(app_name, subcommand)
  File ""C:\Python27\lib\site-packages\django\core\management\__init__.py"", line 69, in load_command_class
    module = import_module('%s.management.commands.%s' % (app_name, name))
  File ""C:\Python27\lib\site-packages\django\utils\importlib.py"", line 35, in import_module
    __import__(name)
  File ""C:\Python27\lib\site-packages\django\core\management\commands\syncdb.py"", line 8, in <module>
    from django.core.management.sql import custom_sql_for_model, emit_post_sync_signal
  File ""C:\Python27\lib\site-packages\django\core\management\sql.py"", line 6, in <module>
    from django.db import models
  File ""C:\Python27\lib\site-packages\django\db\__init__.py"", line 12, in <module>
    raise ImproperlyConfigured(""You must define a '%s' database"" % DEFAULT_DB_ALIAS)
django.core.exceptions.ImproperlyConfigured: You must define a 'default' database
}}}"	Bug	closed	Documentation	1.4	Normal	fixed	multipledbs	warren@…	Accepted	1	0	0	0	0	0