Hi Mark, There are some projects that aim to reduce friction in this process. I recommend that you take a look at django-south.
It can handle all of that plus some other interesting things, using administration commands. On Thu, May 10, 2012 at 12:28 PM, Mark Phillips <m...@phillipsmarketing.biz>wrote: > I am new to django, and I was wondering what are the best practices for > making changes to the data model? These are some scenarios, and I would > appreciate feedback on my approach > > 1. Adding new class to models.py - run syncdb, and the new tables will be > loaded > > 2. Add fields to existing class - drop the tables in the database (or drop > the database) and run syncdb. The downside is the loss of all the test > data. Perhaps use dumpdata, edit by hand to add the new fields, and then > use loaddata? > > 3. Add methods to existing class - same as #2 because they are not picked > up with syncdb? > > Are there better ways to handle these scenarios? > > Thanks, > > Mark > > -- > 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 > django-users+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/django-users?hl=en. > -- George R. C. Silva Desenvolvimento em GIS http://geoprocessamento.net http://blog.geoprocessamento.net -- 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 django-users+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/django-users?hl=en.
