I'm trying to use Django to load some data from a small SQLite database (for testing purposes..). My Django table model is as follows: class Coworker(models.Model): id = models.IntegerField(primary_key=True) firstname = models.CharField(max_length=50) lastname = models.CharField(max_length=50) def __unicode__(self): return self.firstname + " " + self.lastname In the Django view, I try getting all objects from DB with the following: items = Coworker.objects.all() My database config (in __init__.py) looks as follows: DATABASES = { 'default': { 'ENGINE': 'django.db.backends.sqlite3', 'NAME': '/home/j299110/testdb' } } This gives me the following error message: Error: ImproperlyConfigured at /de-de/myfirstdjangoapp/coworkers/ settings.DATABASES is improperly configured. Please supply the ENGINE value. Check settings documentation for more details. I then tried moving the DB settings stuff to other files: urls.py views.py /opt/splunk/lib/python2.7/site-packages/django/conf/global_settings.py But nothing helped, always the same error. Then I added another, named, data source: DATABASES = { 'default': { 'ENGINE': 'django.db.backends.sqlite3', 'NAME': '/home/j299110/testdb' }, 'testdb': { 'ENGINE': 'django.db.backends.sqlite3', 'NAME': '/home/j299110/testdb' } } And tested with items = Coworker.objects.using("testdb").all() Now, I got a new error message: Error: ConnectionDoesNotExist at /de-de/myfirstdjangoapp/coworkers The connection testdb doesn't exist Which I find odd since I just added it. What do I have to do to get a connection to said database? ... View more