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@@ -94,8 +94,8 @@ the respective field according to your needs.
give them meaningful names in the examples below.
* Copy the ``AddField`` operation from the auto-generated migration (the first
- of the three new files) to the last migration and change ``AddField`` to
- ``AlterField``. For example:
+ of the three new files) to the last migration, change ``AddField`` to
+ ``AlterField``, and add imports of ``uuid`` and ``models``. For example:
.. snippet::
:filename: 0006_remove_uuid_null.py
@@ -104,7 +104,6 @@ the respective field according to your needs.
from django.db import migrations, models
import uuid
-
class Migration(migrations.Migration):
dependencies = [
@@ -146,7 +145,8 @@ the respective field according to your needs.
* In the first empty migration file, add a
:class:`~django.db.migrations.operations.RunPython` or
:class:`~django.db.migrations.operations.RunSQL` operation to generate a
- unique value (UUID in the example) for each existing row. For example:
+ unique value (UUID in the example) for each existing row. Also add an import
+ of ``uuid``. For example:
.. snippet::
:filename: 0005_populate_uuid_values.py
@@ -159,7 +159,7 @@ the respective field according to your needs.
MyModel = apps.get_model('myapp', 'MyModel')
for row in MyModel.objects.all():
row.uuid = uuid.uuid4()
- row.save()
+ row.save(update_fields=['uuid'])
class Migration(migrations.Migration):