Top "Django-south" questions

Tool to provide consistent, easy-to-use and database-agnostic database migrations for Django applications.

South migrate error: name 'UUID' is not defined

I have a model with a CharField field with a default value of uuid4: f = models.CharField(default=uuid4, max_…

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Database migrations on django production

From someone who has a django application in a non-trivial production environment, how do you handle database migrations? I know …

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reverse engineer mysql database to create django app

I basically want to take an existing mysql database structure created and used by a php app (codeigniter framework) and …

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Migrating existing auth.User data to new Django 1.5 custom user model?

I'd prefer not to destroy all the users on my site. But I want to take advantage of Django 1.5's …

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Using south to refactor a Django model with inheritance

I was wondering if the following migration is possible with Django south and still retain data. Before: I currently have …

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django south migration, doesnt set default

I use south to migrate my django models. There is however a nasty bug in south. It doesn't set default …

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Django: migrate Table 'forum_user' already exists

I have changed the Django models, and I use the Django schemamigration to update the database. But, when I do …

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Upgrading from Django 1.6 (with south) to 1.8 doesn't modify 'last_login' on the user table

I have upgraded from Django 1.6.5 (with south migrations) to Django 1.8. I have followed the instructions here: https://docs.djangoproject.com/…

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No Such Column Error in Django App After South Migration

I've run into the same issue presented by the commenter here: Django South - table already exists There was no …

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Django - Filter queryset by CharField value length

Given that I have a legacy model with a CharField or CharField-based model field like: class MyModel(models.Model): name = …

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