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Python Using Databases in Python Our Diary App Initialize Database & Create Tables

anhedonicblonde
anhedonicblonde
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Posted by anhedonicblonde
anhedonicblonde
3,133 Points

Finally, create a function named initialize. your initialize() function should connect to the database challenges..

I get the error "name 'challenges' is not defined". I'm not sure what I've done wrong. Can someone point it out for me? Thanks!

initialize.py 
from peewee import *

db = SqliteDatabase("challenges.db")

class Challenge(Model):
    name = CharField(max_length=100)
    language = CharField(max_length=100)
    steps = IntegerField(default=1)

    class Meta:
      database = db

def initialize():
  challenges.connect()
  challenges.create_tables("Challenge", safe = True)

1 Answer

Chris Freeman
MOD
Chris Freeman
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Chris Freeman
Chris Freeman
Treehouse Moderator 68,441 Points

Your code is close. You created the database as db so use that in the initialize function instead of challenges. Also the argument to create_tables is a list of models and not text.

def initialize():
  db.connect()
  db.create_tables([Challenge], safe = True)
anhedonicblonde
anhedonicblonde
3,133 Points
anhedonicblonde
anhedonicblonde
3,133 Points

Awesome, I get it now. Thank you so much for your help! :)