Dajngo Episode 3 Introduction to South Migrations

Introduction to South Migrations

Install SOUTH:

pip install South

vim settings.py

In "INSTALLED_APP" Add

'south',

python manage.py syncdb

Create a new app.

python manage.py startapp page

Add 'page' to project.

vim settings.py

'page',

In page part, edit models.

vim page/models.py

from django.db import models
class Page(models.Model):
    title=models.CharField(max_length=200)
    slug=models.SlugField(max_length=200)
    body=models.TextField()

python manage.py schemamigration page --initial

python manage.py migrate page

Update models.

vim page/models.py

from datetime import datetime

pub_date=models.DateTimeField(default=datetime.now())

python manage.py schemamigration page --auto

python manage.py migrate page

In another app “post”,

python manage.py convert_to_south post

vim post/models.py

from datetime import datetime
pub_date=models.DateTimeField(default=datetime.now())

python manage.py schemamigration post --auto

python manage.py migrate post

python manage.py migrate post 0001 --fake