Thank you! On Tue, Apr 1, 2008 at 2:56 AM, blis102 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > James, > > Django Evolution is a project that is working to take care of that > problem (http://code.google.com/p/django-evolution/). I have not used > it but, if what they say on their site is correct, it does what you > are looking for: > > "When you run ./manage.py syncdb, Django will look for any new models > that have been defined, and add a database table to represent those > new models. However, if you make a change to an existing model, ./ > manage.py syncdb will not make any changes to the database. > > This is where Django Evolution fits in. Django Evolution is an > extension to Django that allows you to track changes in your models > over time, and to update the database to reflect those changes. " > > Hope that helps, > Dana > > On Mar 31, 7:51 am, Evert Rol <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > I was wondering why you can only call "python manage.py syncdb" to > > > create your databases but after that if you change your models file > > > it work create the changes and you have to do them manually using SQL? > > > > I think there are several threads in this discussion group that have > > some mention of the hows and whys (google for them), but basically: > > it's too complicated, or otherwise very tricky, to alter tables > > (altering or adding columns) automatically. In particular, it won't > > even work with sqlite (http://www.sqlite.org/omitted.html). > > > -- http://search.goldwatches.com/?Search=Movado+Watches http://www.jewelerslounge.com http://www.goldwatches.com --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
