title: Django unable to create default table using "python manage.py syncdb" command
body: <p>I am new to Django. I am following the instructions given in the <a href="https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/dev/intro/tutorial01/" rel="nofollow">tutorial</a>.
  When I am running <code>python manage.py syncdb</code>, I am getting the following error:</p>
  
  <pre class="lang-none prettyprint-override"><code>D:\MyDev\DjnagoProject\mysite&gt;python manage.py syncdb
  Traceback (most recent call last):
    File "manage.py", line 9, in &lt;module&gt;
      execute_from_command_line(sys.argv)
    File "C:\Python27\lib\site-packages\django\core\management\__init__.py", line 420, in execute_from_command_
  line
      utility.execute()
    File "C:\Python27\lib\site-packages\django\core\management\__init__.py", line 359, in execute
      self.fetch_command(subcommand).run_from_argv(self.argv)
    File "C:\Python27\lib\site-packages\django\core\management\base.py", line 196, in run_from_argv
      self.execute(*args, **options.__dict__)
    File "C:\Python27\lib\site-packages\django\core\management\base.py", line 232, in execute
      output = self.handle(*args, **options)
    File "C:\Python27\lib\site-packages\django\core\management\base.py", line 371, in handle
      return self.handle_noargs(**options)
    File "C:\Python27\lib\site-packages\django\core\management\commands\syncdb.py", line 57, in handle_noargs
      cursor = connection.cursor()
    File "C:\Python27\lib\site-packages\django\db\backends\dummy\base.py", line 15, in complain
      raise ImproperlyConfigured("You haven't set the database ENGINE setting yet.")
  django.core.exceptions.ImproperlyConfigured: You haven't set the database ENGINE setting yet.
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>Adding information :
  Python version : 2.7.2, 
  django version : (1, 4, 0, 'alpha', 1)
  OS : windows XP</p>
  
  <p>Please let me know where I am making a mistake.</p>