title: how do I confirm django is working with xampp's mysql
body: <p>I am starting to learn django , and I'm trying to set up a development environment as in <a href="http://www.venkysblog.com/setup-django-on-windows-with-apache-and-mysql" rel="nofollow">http://www.venkysblog.com/setup-django-on-windows-with-apache-and-mysql</a>. I'm having trouble getting it working and so I'm working backwards to make sure I have it all correct.</p>
  
  <p>I'm ok up to step 4. I have confirmed python , xampp and django working . I have created a DB called django using phpmyadmin</p>
  
  <p>I have  a project called testproject, with the settings.py file including:</p>
  
  <pre><code>DATABASES = {
      'default': {
          'ENGINE': 'django.db.backends.mysql', # Add 'postgresql_psycopg2', 'post
          'NAME': 'django',                      # Or path to database file if usi
          'USER': 'root',                      # Not used with sqlite3.
          'PASSWORD': '',                  # Not used with sqlite3.
          'HOST': '',                      # Set to empty string for localhost. No
          'PORT': '',                      # Set to empty string for default. Not
      }
  }
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>when I run $  python manage.py runserver I get:</p>
  
  <p>Validating models...</p>
  
  <p>0 errors found
  Django version 1.4.3, using settings 'testproject.settings'
  Development server is running at htp://127.0.0.1:8000/
  Quit the server with CTRL-BREAK.</p>
  
  <p>Is there an explicit way to test the connection to 'django' db at this point?</p>
  
  <p>Thanks in advance,</p>
  
  <p>Bill</p>