You'll have to migrate your data manually in your migration, yes. Besides that, if you don't want actual Base instances, then this is an abstract class, and you should do this:
class Base(models.Model): eggs.... plants.... class Meta: abstract=True class Foo(Base): carpet=.... class Bar(Base): car=.... On Wed, Jul 4, 2012 at 5:18 PM, Lachlan Musicman <data...@gmail.com> wrote: > I'd like to know this too - but I think the real answer is "get better > at python" - you are essentially (from what I can tell) in a django > shell when south pops the "not blank, not null but no data" error - > try pulling in some details from fixtures? > > cheers > L. > > On Thu, Jul 5, 2012 at 2:30 AM, Daniel Walz <mcj...@gmail.com> wrote: >> ...no one? >> >> regards, mcJack >> >> 2012/7/2 mcJack <mcj...@gmail.com>: >>> Hi all, >>> >>> I've got a problem migrating some changes in the model, so I tried to solve >>> it with south. >>> The situation: >>> I implemented two classes, which share some functionality. Now that I >>> improved a little with python, django and co. I wanted to use inheritance >>> for that issue. >>> The model looks like this: >>> >>> class Foo(models.Model): >>> eggs = models.TextField( null=True, blank=True ) >>> plants = models.TextField( null=True, blank=True ) >>> carpet = models.IntegerField() >>> >>> class Bar(models.Model): >>> eggs = models.TextField( null=True, blank=True ) >>> plants = models.TextField( null=True, blank=True ) >>> car = models.IntegerField() >>> >>> >>> And obviously I want to transform to: >>> class Base(models.Model): >>> eggs = models.TextField( null=True, blank=True ) >>> plants = models.TextField( null=True, blank=True ) >>> >>> class Foo(models.Model): >>> base = models.OneToOneField( 'Base', parent_link=True ) >>> carpet = models.IntegerField() >>> >>> class Bar(models.Model): >>> base = models.OneToOneField( 'Base', parent_link=True ) >>> car = models.IntegerField() >>> >>> But how can I tell south to fill the super class with the data from the old >>> schema? >>> >>> Can I add this information manually in the created migration script? or is >>> there an option/switch I didn't notice? >>> >>> Any hints are very welcome, thanks a lot >>> >>> mcJack >>> >>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >>> "Django users" group. >>> To view this discussion on the web visit >>> https://groups.google.com/d/msg/django-users/-/_6CYJ1yqh-sJ. >>> 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. >> >> >> >> -- >> Daniel Walz - mcj...@gmail.com >> Bremen, Germany >> >> -- >> 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. >> > > -- > 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. > -- "The whole of Japan is pure invention. There is no such country, there are no such people" --Oscar Wilde |_|0|_| |_|_|0| |0|0|0| (\__/) (='.'=)This is Bunny. Copy and paste bunny (")_(") to help him gain world domination. -- 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.