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diff --git a/docs/topics/settings.txt b/docs/topics/settings.txt index 70a4783da3..8b14d3ba52 100644 --- a/docs/topics/settings.txt +++ b/docs/topics/settings.txt @@ -291,6 +291,17 @@ Note that calling ``django.setup()`` is only necessary if your code is truly standalone. When invoked by your Web server, or through :doc:`django-admin </ref/django-admin>`, Django will handle this for you. +.. admonition:: ``django.setup()`` may only be called once. + + Therefore, avoid putting reusable application logic in standalone scripts + so that you have to import from the script elsewhere in your application. + If you can't avoid that, put the call to ``django.setup()`` inside an + ``if`` block:: + + if __name__ == '__main__': + import django + django.setup() + .. seealso:: :doc:`The Settings Reference </ref/settings>` |