Yes, django can actually look at the DB schema and generate reasonable models from it, check the inspectdb command docs:
https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/1.4/ref/django-admin/#inspectdb You can also slowly modernize and existing DB, for example, the field names or model names does not have to match 1:1 to the DB Tables, you can map them, so instead of having a model for a table named non_descriptive_name_0001 you can just call the model "Products" and have it map the table "non_descriptive_name_0001", you can evolve slowly the schema with south if the DB supports it. Regards, Carlos Ruvalcaba On Wed, Jan 30, 2013 at 7:01 PM, <[email protected]> wrote: > I have an existing database but I would like to design around that database > using django...can I do this without altering the database in anyways > significantly? > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Django users" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/django-users?hl=en. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Django users" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/django-users?hl=en. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
