DATABASES = {
    'default': {
        'ENGINE': "django.db.backends.%s" % DB_ENGINE,# 'postgresql', 'mysql', 'sqlite3' or 'oracle'.
        'NAME': DB_NAME,                      # Or path to database file if using sqlite3.
        'USER': DB_USER,                      # Not used with sqlite3.
        'PASSWORD': DB_PASS,                  # Not used with sqlite3.
        'HOST': DB_HOST,                      # Set to empty string for localhost. Not used with sqlite3.
        'PORT':DB_PORT,                      # Set to empty string for default. Not used with sqlite3.
    },

    #'innodb': {
    #    'ENGINE': "django.db.backends.%s"%DB_ENGINE,
    #    'OPTIONS': { 'init_command' : 'SET storage_engine=INNODB;' }
    #    }
}



# This is from file /home/leosatyen/webapps/portimmostaging/lib/python2.6/South-0.7.3-py2.6.egg/south/management/commands/syncdb.py
# In the trackback i.e the error this line was mentioned

85         # This will allow the setting of the MySQL storage engine, for example.
86         for db in dbs.values():
87             db.connection_init()

# So , what i did was commented out the 'innodb' from DATABASE dict and everything is working now