If you didn't start your project with a custom user, it's non-trivial to start using one. Please see https://code.djangoproject.com/ticket/25313.
On Friday, December 18, 2015 at 6:55:16 AM UTC-5, Web Architect wrote: > > Hi, > > I am new to Django and still under the process of learning. We are using > an open source ecommerce platform - Oscar - for our online store. Oscar is > based on Django. > > I was trying to customise the Django User model by extending with some few > extra fields/columns: > > # file: your-project/apps/user/models.pyfrom django.db import models > > from django.contrib.auth.models import AbstractUser > > class User(AbstractUser): user_type = models.IntegerField() > > # use our own user model in settings.pyAUTH_USER_MODEL = "user.User" > > With the above changes, when I run 'makemigration' followed by 'migrate', I > am getting the following errors: > > *Running migrations:* > > Rendering model states...Traceback (most recent call last): > > File "./manage.py", line 10, in <module> > > execute_from_command_line(sys.argv) > > File > "/Users/pinakeebiswas/waltzz/lib/python2.7/site-packages/django/core/management/__init__.py", > line 338, in execute_from_command_line > > utility.execute() > > File > "/Users/pinakeebiswas/waltzz/lib/python2.7/site-packages/django/core/management/__init__.py", > line 330, in execute > > self.fetch_command(subcommand).run_from_argv(self.argv) > > File > "/Users/pinakeebiswas/waltzz/lib/python2.7/site-packages/django/core/management/base.py", > line 393, in run_from_argv > > self.execute(*args, **cmd_options) > > File > "/Users/pinakeebiswas/waltzz/lib/python2.7/site-packages/django/core/management/base.py", > line 444, in execute > > output = self.handle(*args, **options) > > File > "/Users/pinakeebiswas/waltzz/lib/python2.7/site-packages/django/core/management/commands/migrate.py", > line 222, in handle > > executor.migrate(targets, plan, fake=fake, fake_initial=fake_initial) > > File > "/Users/pinakeebiswas/waltzz/lib/python2.7/site-packages/django/db/migrations/executor.py", > line 100, in migrate > > state.apps # Render all real_apps -- performance critical > > File > "/Users/pinakeebiswas/waltzz/lib/python2.7/site-packages/django/utils/functional.py", > line 60, in __get__ > > res = instance.__dict__[self.name] = self.func(instance) > > File > "/Users/pinakeebiswas/waltzz/lib/python2.7/site-packages/django/db/migrations/state.py", > line 166, in apps > > return StateApps(self.real_apps, self.models) > > File > "/Users/pinakeebiswas/waltzz/lib/python2.7/site-packages/django/db/migrations/state.py", > line 248, in __init__ > > raise ValueError(msg.format(field=operations[0][1], model=lookup_model)) > > ValueError: Lookup failed for model referenced by field basket.Basket.owner: > customer.User > > > I am not sure what's causing the above error. Certainly there could be > models which would be dependent on the User model but I thought the > makemigrations and migrate should be able to resolve those. > > Would appreciate if someone could help me with resolving the above errors. > > Thanks > > > > -- 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 https://groups.google.com/group/django-users. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/django-users/5087e045-a93b-4173-ae0d-55f0093016d8%40googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
