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| -rw-r--r-- | docs/ref/signals.txt | 8 |
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diff --git a/docs/ref/signals.txt b/docs/ref/signals.txt index 5f55bbe418..7924c6f305 100644 --- a/docs/ref/signals.txt +++ b/docs/ref/signals.txt @@ -365,12 +365,16 @@ post_syncdb .. data:: django.db.models.signals.post_syncdb :module: -Sent by :djadmin:`syncdb` after it installs an application. +Sent by :djadmin:`syncdb` command after it installs an application, and +:djadmin:`flush` command. Any handlers that listen to this signal need to be written in a particular place: a ``management`` module in one of your :setting:`INSTALLED_APPS`. If handlers are registered anywhere else they may not be loaded by -:djadmin:`syncdb`. +:djadmin:`syncdb`. It is important that handlers of this signal perform +idempotent changes (e.g. no database alterations) as this may cause the +:djadmin:`flush` management command to fail if it also ran during the +:djadmin:`syncdb` command. Arguments sent with this signal: |