Opened 16 years ago
Last modified 16 years ago
#8978 closed
python manage.py dbshell unhelpful error when postgresql-client not installed — at Initial Version
| Reported by: | Aaron C. de Bruyn | Owned by: | nobody |
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| Component: | Core (Management commands) | Version: | 1.0 |
| Severity: | Keywords: | ||
| Cc: | Triage Stage: | Accepted | |
| Has patch: | no | Needs documentation: | no |
| Needs tests: | no | Patch needs improvement: | no |
| Easy pickings: | no | UI/UX: | no |
Description
If you try to start a dbshell and don't have the postgresql client installed, you get an unhelpful error message:
aaron@hoth:~/code/sfd$ ./manage.py dbshell
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "./manage.py", line 11, in <module>
execute_manager(settings)
File "/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/django/core/management/init.py", line 340, in execute_manager
utility.execute()
File "/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/django/core/management/init.py", line 295, in execute
self.fetch_command(subcommand).run_from_argv(self.argv)
File "/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/django/core/management/base.py", line 77, in run_from_argv
self.execute(*args, options.dict)
File "/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/django/core/management/base.py", line 96, in execute
output = self.handle(*args, options)
File "/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/django/core/management/base.py", line 178, in handle
return self.handle_noargs(options)
File "/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/django/core/management/commands/dbshell.py", line 10, in handle_noargs
connection.client.runshell()
File "/usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages/django/db/backends/postgresql/client.py", line 17, in runshell
os.execvp('psql', args)
File "/usr/lib/python2.5/os.py", line 353, in execvp
_execvpe(file, args)
File "/usr/lib/python2.5/os.py", line 389, in _execvpe
func(fullname, *argrest)
OSError: [Errno 2] No such file or directory