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diff --git a/docs/install.txt b/docs/install.txt index 08444d3a1a..7564f640be 100644 --- a/docs/install.txt +++ b/docs/install.txt @@ -73,13 +73,17 @@ installed. If you plan to use Django's ``manage.py syncdb`` command to automatically create database tables for your models, you'll need to -ensure that Django has permission to create tables in the database -you're using; if you plan to manually create the tables, you can -simply grant Django ``SELECT``, ``INSERT``, ``UPDATE`` and ``DELETE`` -permissions. Django does not issue ``ALTER TABLE`` statements, and so -will not require permission to do so. If you will be using Django's -`testing framework`_ with data fixtures, Django will need permission -to create a temporary test database. +ensure that Django has permission to create and alter tables in the +database you're using; if you plan to manually create the tables, you +can simply grant Django ``SELECT``, ``INSERT``, ``UPDATE`` and +``DELETE`` permissions. On some databases, Django will need to have +``ALTER TABLE`` privileges during ``syncdb`` (in order to create +foreign key constraints properly on databases which do not allow them +to be deferred), but will not issue ``ALTER TABLE`` statements on a +table once ``syncdb`` has finished setting it up. + +If you will be using Django's `testing framework`_ with data fixtures, +Django will need permission to create a temporary test database. .. _PostgreSQL: http://www.postgresql.org/ .. _MySQL: http://www.mysql.com/ |