Fixed #19377 - Emphasized database host link in tutorial

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Tim Graham 2012-12-11 16:30:07 -05:00
parent 7e97f4f510
commit 0eed8ece32
3 changed files with 10 additions and 12 deletions

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@ -220,8 +220,8 @@ your database connection settings.
SQLite).
* :setting:`HOST` -- The host your database is on. Leave this as
an empty string if your database server is on the same physical
machine (not used for SQLite).
an empty string (or possibly ``127.0.0.1``) if your database server is on the
same physical machine (not used for SQLite). See :setting:`HOST` for details.
If you're new to databases, we recommend simply using SQLite by setting
:setting:`ENGINE` to ``'django.db.backends.sqlite3'`` and :setting:`NAME` to

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@ -34,13 +34,9 @@ aggregate with a database backend that falls within the affected release range.
.. _Release 8.2.5: http://www.postgresql.org/docs/devel/static/release-8-2-5.html
PostgreSQL connection settings
------------------------------
-------------------------------
By default (empty :setting:`HOST`), the connection to the database is done
through UNIX domain sockets ('local' lines in pg_hba.conf). If you want to
connect through TCP sockets, set :setting:`HOST` to 'localhost' or '127.0.0.1'
('host' lines in pg_hba.conf). On Windows, you should always define
:setting:`HOST`, as UNIX domain sockets are not available.
See :setting:`HOST` for details.
Optimizing PostgreSQL's configuration
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@ -431,10 +431,12 @@ MySQL will connect via a Unix socket to the specified socket. For example::
If you're using MySQL and this value *doesn't* start with a forward slash, then
this value is assumed to be the host.
If you're using PostgreSQL, an empty string means to use a Unix domain socket
for the connection, rather than a network connection to localhost. If you
explicitly need to use a TCP/IP connection on the local machine with
PostgreSQL, specify ``localhost`` here.
If you're using PostgreSQL, by default (empty :setting:`HOST`), the connection
to the database is done through UNIX domain sockets ('local' lines in
``pg_hba.conf``). If you want to connect through TCP sockets, set
:setting:`HOST` to 'localhost' or '127.0.0.1' ('host' lines in ``pg_hba.conf``).
On Windows, you should always define :setting:`HOST`, as UNIX domain sockets
are not available.
.. setting:: NAME