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8371	Windows users should use / instead of \ for file paths in settings.py	pariksheet	nobody	"Please put a warning in settings.py or the tutorial page that Windows users must only use / not \ in their file paths.

When trying to run the step of `python manage.py syncdb` in the tutorial -
http://www.djangoproject.com/documentation/tutorial01/
The command kept throwing the following error -
{{{
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File ""manage.py"", line 11, in <module>
    execute_manager(settings)
  File ""C:\Python25\Lib\site-packages\django\core\management\__init__.py"", line
334, in execute_manager
    utility.execute()
  File ""C:\Python25\Lib\site-packages\django\core\management\__init__.py"", line
295, in execute
    self.fetch_command(subcommand).run_from_argv(self.argv)
  File ""C:\Python25\Lib\site-packages\django\core\management\base.py"", line 77,
in run_from_argv
    self.execute(*args, **options.__dict__)
  File ""C:\Python25\Lib\site-packages\django\core\management\base.py"", line 96,
in execute
    output = self.handle(*args, **options)
  File ""C:\Python25\Lib\site-packages\django\core\management\base.py"", line 178,
 in handle
    return self.handle_noargs(**options)
  File ""C:\Python25\Lib\site-packages\django\core\management\commands\syncdb.py""
, line 51, in handle_noargs
    cursor = connection.cursor()
  File ""C:\Python25\Lib\site-packages\django\db\backends\__init__.py"", line 56,
in cursor
    cursor = self._cursor(settings)
  File ""C:\Python25\Lib\site-packages\django\db\backends\sqlite3\base.py"", line
144, in _cursor
    self.connection = Database.connect(**kwargs)
sqlite3.OperationalError: unable to open database file
}}}
The solution was changing the \ to / in my file path for my sqlite database in DATABASE_NAME of settings.py"		closed	Documentation	dev		fixed			Unreviewed	0	0	0	0	0	0