[Tutor] where is my MySQL database

[Joel Goldstick]

On Tue, Jul 24, 2012 at 9:58 PM, Michael Janßen <mi.janssen at gmail.com> wrote:
> On 25 July 2012 00:51, Zhenzhen <zhenzhen.qi at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> hi, I'm working on setting up my database for django by editing the
>> following file:
>> mysite/settings.py
>>
>> for the field "name", I am suppose to put down the full path of my mySQL
>> database.
>
That is not true.  You need to read the tutorial at
https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/dev/intro/tutorial01/#database-setup

You new the path only if you are using sqlite3, which you are not.

>
> for mysql, it needs to be the database name, specified in the CREATE TABLE
> statement. With sqlite3, it would be indeed the filename (an non-existent
> filename, sqlite3 would create the file)
>
>>
>> I did create a few databases in MySQL, however, I don't seem to be able to
>> find them anywhere.
>>
>> I have tried 'grep datadir /etc/my.cnf' but found out my.cnf file doesn't
>> even exist in my /etc/ directory.
>
>
> for me it is /etc/mysql/my.cnf
>
> cu, Michael
>
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Joel Goldstick