How to do django syncdb in version 1.4.2?

Question

How to do syncdb in django 1.4.2? i.e. having data in database, how to load the models again when the data schema is updated?

Thanks in advance

Answer 1

Thanks Amyth for the hints.
btw the commands is a bit different, i will post a 10x tested result here.

Using south
1. setup the model

python manage.py schemamigration models --initial

2. dump data if you have to

python manage.py dumpdata -e contenttypes -e auth.Permission --natural > data.json

3. syncdb
   

python manage.py syncdb
python manage.py migrate models

4. load the data back into the db
   

python manage.py loaddata data.json

5. Afterwards, you may use
   

python manage.py schemamigration models --auto
python manage.py migrate models

after every change you made in the models schema

A few notes
1. Unloading the database and reload it is essential, because if not doing so the first migration will tell you already have those models.
2. The -e contenttypes -e auth.Permission --natural parameter in dumpdata is essential otherwise exception will be thrown when doing loaddata.

Answer 2

As you're using an older version of django you'll need to install the South module and make migrations for your apps.

To install South, you can use pip or easy_install

pip install South

Once you have the south module installed put it in your django projects settings' INSTALLED_APPS

INSTALLED_APPS = (
...
"south"
)

Then you'll need to make initial migrations first for your apps. So for an app named example you can run the command:

python manage.py makemigrations example --initial
python manage.py migrate

After the initial migration creation you make changes to your models and then make the new migrations and apply them.

python manage.py makemigrations example --auto
python manage.py migrate