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django mysql gives page not found (404) while sqlite works fine

I have two settings files for my django project with different database settings.
First:
DATABASES = {
'default': {
'ENGINE': 'django.db.backends.mysql',
'NAME': 'dbname',
'USER': 'user',
'PASSWORD': 'megahardbreakingpassword',
'HOST': 'localhost',
'PORT': '',
'OPTIONS': {
'init_command': 'SET storage_engine=INNODB',
}
}
}
And second:
DATABASES = {
'default': {
'ENGINE': 'django.db.backends.sqlite3',
'NAME': 'db.sqlite3',
'USER': '',
'PASSWORD': '',
'HOST': '',
'PORT': '',
}
}
When I run server with second database settings project works fine, but when I run first settings file with mysql, django returns 404 error for all urls.
I also use django-hosts for implementing subdomains patterns, so maybe something wrong here. My hosts.py code:
from django_hosts import patterns, host
host_patterns = patterns('',
host(r'^$', 'project.urls', name='host'),
)
I use django 1.4.2 and Python 2.7.9

And finally I found answer! According to e4c5's comment I searched problem in my views instead of my settings files. I wrote simple unittest and it gives me some strange tracebeck about my MySQL database such as wrong column name and deprecation warnings about duplication indexes.
I reinstall older version of MySQL server (5.0.70 instead of 5.6.25), run syncdb and migrations again and it completely solved my problems. So God bless TDD!

How to read table data from non-default database in Django?

My django project uses 2 databases, 1 existing database and another one which I am creating through my project using Models. I have defined db's in settings.py as below :
DATABASES = {
'default': {
'ENGINE': 'django.db.backends.sqlite3',
'NAME': os.path.join(BASE_DIR, 'db.sqlite3'),
},
'music': {
'ENGINE': 'django.db.backends.sqlite3',
'NAME': os.path.join(BASE_DIR, 'myMusicDb.sqlite3'),
}
}
I generated model data using inspectdb command and everything works fine if I remove the default db from settings.py and make the 'music' db the default db. My query is how to keep both db in settings.py and to work with both DataBases ? Is there any way to tell django to use specific database from settings.py ?

I found the answer after reading https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/1.7/topics/db/multi-db/.
We can either use routers or we can make use of using keyword in query such as -
Album.objects.using('music').all()
Thought to post it, may be it could help someone.

no South database module 'south.db.sqlite3'

I'm trying to run
python manage.py syncdb
but i'm getting this error:
There is no South database module 'south.db.sqlite3'
This is my settings.py
DATABASES = {
'default': {
'ENGINE': 'django.db.backends.sqlite3',
'NAME': os.path.join(BASE_DIR, 'db.sqlite3'),
}
}
SOUTH_DATABASE_ADAPTERS = {
'default': 'south.db.sqlite3'
}

You may be able to address this by specifically installing Django 1.6 with pip install django==1.6.
You may also have luck if you add
SOUTH_DATABASE_ADAPTERS = {
'default': 'south.db.sqlite3'
}
If that don't work may be your answer can be here :
http://answerhub.com/qa/questions/28185/how-do-i-get-syncdb-to-work-im-getting-there-is-no.html

How to set storage engine in Django with MySQL connector/python as backend

I tried setting
DATABASES = {
'default': {
'NAME': 'db',
'ENGINE': 'mysql.connector.django',
'USER': 'dbuser',
'PASSWORD': 'dbpass',
'OPTIONS': {
'autocommit': True,
'init_command' : 'SET storage_engine=INNODB',
},
}
}
(UPD: updated the above code so ppl won't get confused that I am not using django settings the right way)
in Django settings, but this backend doesn't accept such connection option...
http://dev.mysql.com/doc/connector-python/en/connector-python-connectargs.html
is there any other way of doing this?

First, to use MySQL Connector/Python Django backend, you have to set the ENGINE setting to mysql.connector.django:
DATABASE = {
'default': {
..
'ENGINE': 'mysql.connector.django',
..
}
}
Indeed, MySQL Connector/Python does not have the init_command connection argument. I can see value in adding an option for setting the default storage engine in the Django OPTIONS though. If you really want it, I would suggest opening a feature request on http://bugs.mysql.com.
Small note that MySQL 5.6 (and if you start out, you should use this version) has storage engine set to InnoDB by default.

You need to set the entire setting:
DATABASES = {
'default': {
'NAME': "MyDatabaseName,
'ENGINE': 'django.db.backends.mysql',
'USER': "MyUsername",
'PASSWORD': "MyPassword",
'HOST': "MyHostName",
'OPTIONS': {'init_command': 'SET storage_engine=INNODB'},
}
}

Django sql connection failed

I have created new project in django and write mysql connection in it's settings file like :
DATABASES = {
'default': {
'ENGINE': 'django.db.backends.mysql',
'NAME': 'optdb',
'User': 'root',
'Password':'975',
'Host':'127.0.0.1',
'Port':'8080',
}
}
Now i write command : python manage.py syncdb and that generates following error:
How to solve this error mentioned above?
Note: I have currently one user in my MYSQL WAMP SERVER that is root with host 127.0.0.1.

All of those keys should be in capitals.
DATABASES = {
'default': {
'ENGINE': 'django.db.backends.mysql',
'NAME': 'optdb',
'USER': 'root',
'PASSWORD':'975',
'HOST':'127.0.0.1',
'PORT':'8080',
}
}

DATABASES = {
'default': {
'ENGINE': 'django.db.backends.mysql',
'NAME': 'optdb',
'USER': 'root',
'PASSWORD':'975',
'HOST':'127.0.0.1',
'PORT':'8080',
}
}
It's case sensitive...
Also, are you sure your mysql server is at port 8080? That's unusual. If unsure, just leave out that line and default mysql port will be used. See How can I connect to MySQL on a WAMP server?