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26197	DEFAULT_DB_ALIAS in settings	Marcin Nowak	nobody	"This is a reopened issue based on #21211.

DEFAULT_DB_ALIAS should be configured in settings for better code readability in multi-db projects, where ""default"" database works as a default . 

The default database is aliased ""default"". When calling `using()` we must provide name of connection. Passing ""default"" is not quite readable. I would like to rename ""default"" to something more precise, clean, readable. I don't want to change behaviour of the Django itself. Just want to rename the alias. 
 
Workaround by making ""default"" connection empty does not work. Django raises an error when connection is not set. Defining ""default"" with some sqlite db is a bad idea, because something may write to it and error will not be reported.

Please make `DEFAULT_DB_ALIAS` configurable in settings."	New feature	closed	Database layer (models, ORM)	dev	Normal	duplicate			Unreviewed	0	0	0	0	0	0