Django new syncdb superuser crash in pycharm

Question

I have problem with create new DB in Django:

bash -cl "/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.7/bin/python /Applications/PyCharm.app/helpers/pycharm/django_manage.py syncdb /Users/hollywoord/PycharmProjects/Gizeh"
Creating tables ...
Creating table auth_permission
Creating table auth_group_permissions
Creating table auth_group
Creating table auth_user_user_permissions
Creating table auth_user_groups
Creating table auth_user
Creating table django_content_type
Creating table django_session
Creating table django_site
Creating table django_admin_log
Creating table Raketa_poll
Creating table Raketa_choice

You just installed Django's auth system, which means you don't have any superusers defined.
Would you like to create one now? (yes/no): yes
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/Applications/PyCharm.app/helpers/pycharm/django_manage.py", line 20, in <module>
    run_module(manage_file, None, '__main__', True)
  File "/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.7/lib/python2.7/runpy.py", line 176, in run_module
    fname, loader, pkg_name)
  File "/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.7/lib/python2.7/runpy.py", line 82, in _run_module_code
    mod_name, mod_fname, mod_loader, pkg_name)
  File "/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.7/lib/python2.7/runpy.py", line 72, in _run_code
    exec code in run_globals
  File "/Users/hollywoord/PycharmProjects/Gizeh/manage.py", line 10, in <module>
    execute_from_command_line(sys.argv)
  File "/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.7/lib/python2.7/site-packages/django/core/management/__init__.py", line 443, in execute_from_command_line
    utility.execute()
  File "/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.7/lib/python2.7/site-packages/django/core/management/__init__.py", line 382, in execute
    self.fetch_command(subcommand).run_from_argv(self.argv)
  File "/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.7/lib/python2.7/site-packages/django/core/management/base.py", line 196, in run_from_argv
    self.execute(*args, **options.__dict__)
  File "/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.7/lib/python2.7/site-packages/django/core/management/base.py", line 232, in execute
    output = self.handle(*args, **options)
  File "/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.7/lib/python2.7/site-packages/django/core/management/base.py", line 371, in handle
    return self.handle_noargs(**options)
  File "/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.7/lib/python2.7/site-packages/django/core/management/commands/syncdb.py", line 110, in handle_noargs
    emit_post_sync_signal(created_models, verbosity, interactive, db)
  File "/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.7/lib/python2.7/site-packages/django/core/management/sql.py", line 189, in emit_post_sync_signal
    interactive=interactive, db=db)
  File "/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.7/lib/python2.7/site-packages/django/dispatch/dispatcher.py", line 172, in send
    response = receiver(signal=self, sender=sender, **named)
  File "/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.7/lib/python2.7/site-packages/django/contrib/auth/management/__init__.py", line 73, in create_superuser
    call_command("createsuperuser", interactive=True, database=db)
  File "/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.7/lib/python2.7/site-packages/django/core/management/__init__.py", line 150, in call_command
    return klass.execute(*args, **defaults)
  File "/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.7/lib/python2.7/site-packages/django/core/management/base.py", line 232, in execute
    output = self.handle(*args, **options)
  File "/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.7/lib/python2.7/site-packages/django/contrib/auth/management/commands/createsuperuser.py", line 70, in handle
    default_username = get_default_username()
  File "/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.7/lib/python2.7/site-packages/django/contrib/auth/management/__init__.py", line 105, in get_default_username
    default_username = get_system_username()
  File "/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.7/lib/python2.7/site-packages/django/contrib/auth/management/__init__.py", line 85, in get_system_username
    return getpass.getuser().decode(locale.getdefaultlocale()[1])
TypeError: decode() argument 1 must be string, not None

Process finished with exit code 1

I read many message there, people say its trouble with locale, but i check my locale and its ok: en_US.UTF-8

What else could it be?

Mac OS 10.8, Python 2.7.3, Django 1.4.1

Thanks

What happens if you go to the proper folder and run that command by hand instead of in Pycharm? — Tom, Aug 04 '12 at 18:35
Im pretty sure this is a known problem that jetbrains has not fixed yet. I just syncdb in terminal instead of in pycharm. Also, it works with python 2.6 its only 2.7 that crashes. — lciamp, Aug 04 '12 at 19:26
did it in the hands of the console, turned out! But the admin interface does not run on http://127.0.0.1:8000/admin/, seems to do something else? Exception Type: DatabaseError Exception Value: no such table: django_session — Sergey Rozhkov, Aug 05 '12 at 02:52
From terminal - no pycharm - I had the same problem. Defining characteristic seems to be that it fails before asking for username - Burhan Khalid's answer was spot on: I set default locale and its gone. — sage, Sep 02 '12 at 01:44

score 5 · Answer 1 · answered Aug 04 '12 at 20:48

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This is known bug #16017 of django and it is because your environment doesn't have a default locale.

Execute this in your environment:

export LC_ALL=en_US.UTF-8
export LANG=en_US.UTF-8

Then the command will work properly.

answered Aug 04 '12 at 20:48

Burhan Khalid

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No, I think it is not.

Last login: Sat Aug  4 23:22:42 on ttys000
r3y-air:~ hollywoord$ locale
LANG="en_US.UTF-8"
LC_COLLATE="en_US.UTF-8"
LC_CTYPE="en_US.UTF-8"
LC_MESSAGES="en_US.UTF-8"
LC_MONETARY="en_US.UTF-8"
LC_NUMERIC="en_US.UTF-8"
LC_TIME="en_US.UTF-8"
LC_ALL=

– Sergey Rozhkov Aug 05 '12 at 02:38

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The environment that PyCharm executes is not the same as your shell. Check the default parameters for the PyCharm shell. – Burhan Khalid Aug 05 '12 at 12:07
On Mountain Lion Terminal variables are not available when running from PyCharm or other GUI applications, so it may still be the case: http://apple.stackexchange.com/q/57385/17551. Not sure if running Python via bash resolves it, but you may try to print these environment variables from a script running inside PyCharm to verify. – CrazyCoder Aug 05 '12 at 12:08
I added those 2 lines to my .bashrc file, restarted PyCharm, and it worked (and I'm OS X Mountain Lion 10.8.2). – caleb Dec 01 '12 at 17:18

Django new syncdb superuser crash in pycharm

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