Index: sites/default/default.settings.php
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RCS file: /cvs/drupal/drupal/sites/default/default.settings.php,v
retrieving revision 1.35
diff -u -r1.35 default.settings.php
--- sites/default/default.settings.php	2 Nov 2009 04:10:51 -0000	1.35
+++ sites/default/default.settings.php	27 Nov 2009 16:16:33 -0000
@@ -67,8 +67,9 @@
  * connection should use.  This is usually the same as the name of the
  * database type, such as mysql or sqlite, but not always.  The other
  * properties will vary depending on the driver.  For SQLite, you must
- * specify a database.  For most other drivers, you must specify a username,
- * password, host, and database name.
+ * specify a database file name in a directory that is writable by the 
+ * webserver.  For most other drivers, you must specify a 
+ * username, password, host, and database name.
  *
  * Some database engines support transactions.  In order to enable
  * transaction support for a given database, set the 'transactions' key
@@ -147,7 +148,7 @@
  *   );
  *   $databases['default']['default'] = array(
  *     'driver' => 'sqlite',
- *     'database' => 'databasefilename',
+ *     'database' => '/path/to/databasefilename',
  *   );
  */
 $databases = array();