title: Standalone Django ORM - default settings not recognized
body: <p>I have a typical Django web app. I want to create a separate project, with its own virtualenv, and make use of the ORM to create new entries in the DB.</p>
  
  <p>There are a lot of resources on explaining how to do this, including <a href="https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/1.8/topics/settings/#calling-django-setup-is-required-for-standalone-django-usage" rel="noreferrer">this entry from the docs</a>. So I wrote a script as follows:</p>
  
  <pre><code># Add Django project directory to path, so that I can
  # import the models
  import sys
  sys.path.append("/path/to/django/project")
  
  # Import my settings file from the Django project
  from django_proj import settings as django_settings
  
  import django
  from django.conf import settings
  if not settings.configured:
      settings.configure(django_settings)
  django.setup()
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>When I try to run it this way, I get the following error:</p>
  
  <pre><code>AttributeError: 'module' object has no attribute 'LOGGING_CONFIG'
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>I believe this is due to the fact that I don't specify a <code>LOGGING_CONFIG</code> explicitly in my settings. I rely on the default value.</p>
  
  <p>My configuration clearly works when I run it via <code>python manage.py</code>. What is the issue with this additional setup that's causing problems?</p>
  
  <p>Thanks!</p>