hi michael, Thanks for the tip. It is a huge step in my progress.
However what does this error say? ImportError: Settings cannot be imported, because environment variable DJANGO_SETTINGS_MODULE is undefined. Best Regards, Stanwin Siow On Jan 30, 2012, at 8:37 PM, Michael Elkins wrote: > On Mon, Jan 30, 2012 at 04:13:50AM -0800, St@n wrote: >> How do i ask django to query for a table that is already created in >> the database but not part of the models.py? >> >> the models.py is used to described the database and to create tables >> with that models.py. However i already have my tables created prior to >> creating the django app. >> >> How then do i get django to query those tables created before? > > You can use "django-admin.py inspectdb" to generate a models.py based on an > existing database: > > https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/1.3/ref/django-admin/#inspectdb > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Django users" group. > To post to this group, send email to django-users@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > django-users+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/django-users?hl=en. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Django users" group. To post to this group, send email to django-users@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to django-users+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/django-users?hl=en.