Yes, django can actually look at the DB schema and generate reasonable models from it, check the inspectdb command docs:
https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/1.4/ref/django-admin/#inspectdb You can also slowly modernize and existing DB, for example, the field names or model names does not have to match 1:1 to the DB Tables, you can map them, so instead of having a model for a table named non_descriptive_name_0001 you can just call the model "Products" and have it map the table "non_descriptive_name_0001", you can evolve slowly the schema with south if the DB supports it. Regards, Carlos Ruvalcaba On Wed, Jan 30, 2013 at 7:01 PM, <arc4g...@gmail.com> wrote: > I have an existing database but I would like to design around that database > using django...can I do this without altering the database in anyways > significantly? > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Django users" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to django-users+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To post to this group, send email to django-users@googlegroups.com. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/django-users?hl=en. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Django users" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to django-users+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to django-users@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/django-users?hl=en. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
