Re: Django ORM - Table Changes

On Sep 16, 2:56 pm, Thomas wrote: > Thanks.  I haven't heard of Django Evolution.  Just searched for it on > Google; it sounds exactly like what I'm looking for.  In the meantime, > I've found 'python manage.py inspectdb ' which helps a > lot.  It seems to general

Re: Django ORM - Table Changes

Thanks. I haven't heard of Django Evolution. Just searched for it on Google; it sounds exactly like what I'm looking for. In the meantime, I've found 'python manage.py inspectdb ' which helps a lot. It seems to general model classes by inspecting the DB the app. is connected to in

Re: Django ORM - Table Changes

ok only comment is you use django_evolution http://code.google.com/p/django-evolution/ "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,

Re: Django ORM - Table Changes

Thanks for the advice. I just wanted to ensure I wasn't missing something overtly obvious. A bit strange, but I both like, and dislike the ORM at the same time. SQL is relatively clean, and straightforward... I'd rather abstract more complicated things. I do like the idea about adding a

Re: Django ORM - Table Changes

-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Thomas declared: > I've been teaching myself Django over the past couple of days. Thus > far, everything has been going smoothly, as I typically do a lot of > non-web based Python coding, so am familiar with the language. > However, Django's DB API

Re: Django ORM - Table Changes

That is a short-coming of the Django ORM, unfortunately solving the problem of iterative schema changes is pretty difficult. There are some projects around that attempt to fix this issue, in varying stages of completion: http://south.aeracode.org/wiki/Alternatives is a decent list. As for your

Django ORM - Table Changes

I've been teaching myself Django over the past couple of days. Thus far, everything has been going smoothly, as I typically do a lot of non-web based Python coding, so am familiar with the language. However, Django's DB API is my first look into ORM and how it works. I understand the basics;