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| author | Tim Graham <timograham@gmail.com> | 2013-10-01 10:39:03 -0400 |
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| committer | Tim Graham <timograham@gmail.com> | 2013-10-01 10:39:03 -0400 |
| commit | 32e40bbe7115a14947421f9380e64cf34254f86d (patch) | |
| tree | b28d17dcd4f1859cf031ec151b9a98489523227d /docs | |
| parent | b66a51ad545ac726ef98966cbc35ee7aefdff8cd (diff) | |
Fixed #21031 -- Updated schema migrations FAQ.
Thanks ramiro for the report.
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| -rw-r--r-- | docs/faq/models.txt | 10 |
1 files changed, 3 insertions, 7 deletions
diff --git a/docs/faq/models.txt b/docs/faq/models.txt index 69965b66e1..97732131f0 100644 --- a/docs/faq/models.txt +++ b/docs/faq/models.txt @@ -40,17 +40,13 @@ Yes. See :doc:`Integrating with a legacy database </howto/legacy-databases>`. If I make changes to a model, how do I update the database? ----------------------------------------------------------- +Take a look at Django's support for :mod:`schema migrations +<django.db.migrations>`. + If you don't mind clearing data, your project's ``manage.py`` utility has a :djadmin:`flush` option to reset the database to the state it was in immediately after :djadmin:`syncdb` was executed. -If you do care about deleting data, you'll have to execute the ``ALTER TABLE`` -statements manually in your database. - -There are `external projects which handle schema updates -<http://www.djangopackages.com/grids/g/database-migration/>`_, of which the current -defacto standard is `south <http://south.aeracode.org/>`_. - Do Django models support multiple-column primary keys? ------------------------------------------------------ |