from optparse import make_option from django.core.management.base import BaseCommand, CommandError from django.db import connections, DEFAULT_DB_ALIAS class Command(BaseCommand): help = ("Runs the command-line client for specified database, or the " "default database if none is provided.") option_list = BaseCommand.option_list + ( make_option('--database', action='store', dest='database', default=DEFAULT_DB_ALIAS, help='Nominates a database onto which to ' 'open a shell. Defaults to the "default" database.'), ) requires_model_validation = False def handle(self, **options): connection = connections[options.get('database')] try: connection.client.runshell() except OSError: # Note that we're assuming OSError means that the client program # isn't installed. There's a possibility OSError would be raised # for some other reason, in which case this error message would be # inaccurate. Still, this message catches the common case. raise CommandError('You appear not to have the %r program installed or on your path.' % \ connection.client.executable_name)