On 7/17/07, Manoj Govindan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > If there are times that you don't want to load the data, then it isn't > > initial data. Put it in a different fixture, and load it when you need > > it. > > I am bit confused now. Are you implying that the developer should not > prepare an initial_data fixture (with data that is absolutely > essential for the DB) until he has *completed* and *locked down* the > design and coding of the models?
No - I'm saying that the purpose is to put _essential_ data into the database - for example, out of laziness, I often use it to set up the admin user, rather than going through the prompts. initial_data is data that _must_ exist, and generally doesn't change. It doesn't matter if this data is installed repeatedly; because of the way Django fixtures work, installing the admin user 100 times doesn't create 100 admin users - it just resets the data to the value in initial_data. > > In general practice, this won't make much of a difference, since you > > generally only call syncdb once when installing a finished > > application. > > Is this the common experience?!! I am surprised because I find myself > running syncdb multiple times during development. What am I doing > wrong? Do all other Django users run syncdb only once ever , that too > after all development (of models) is over? No - during development, you can (and probably will) call syncdb many times. However, you also shouldn't have any valuable data in your database during development, so overwriting intial data shouldn't be a major issue. In fact, it could be considered an advantage, as each syncdb will reset the contents of the core elements of the database to a known state. Yours, Russ Magee %-) --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/django-users?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
