Shawn Thanks! Is South just a script that runs? Can I uninstall after the conversion if desired?
Or, does it permanently alter a Django app somehow? cs On May 14, 10:53 pm, Shawn Milochik <[email protected]> wrote: > The best way is to use South. > > http://south.aeracode.org/ > > In your current situation, after you install South (pip install then add > to INSTALLED_APPS, and syncdb to add the South table) you'll just have > to do this: > > 1. manage.py convert_to_south appname #this will set up the basics, > you'll only do this once > > 2. change your model #it should not have changed since the initial > syncdb until this point > > 3. manage.py schemamigration appname name_your_migration --auto > #create a South migration file > > 4. manage.py migrate #apply the South migration file > > In the future you'll only need to do steps 2 - 4. > > You can also do a datamigration so that, for example, you can do a > schemamigration, move/change some data, then another schemamigration to > clean up orphaned fields or whatever. > > There's also a south-users mailing list on Google Groups. > > Shawn -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Django users" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. 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.
