If it's a single database and a single field, is it feasible to just add the field by hand using SQL?
Greetings, Remco Gerlich On Thu, Jul 7, 2016 at 1:05 PM, bobhaugen <[email protected]> wrote: > We're upgrading an app from django 1.4 step-by-step through all the > versions at least to 1.8. Got a self-inflicted problem with the new > migrations in 1.7. > > Before we went to 1.7, we added a new field to a model, and migrated the > db using South. Then when we went to 1.7, we restarted all the migrations. > > Unfortunately, we had one database that did not get the South migration > with the new field. > > When we merge in the new code with the new field and try a migrate on the > unmigrated database, it does nothing. I suppose because all we got now is > the new-in-1.7 initial migration. > > And of course when I try to run the new code against the unmigrated db, I > get an error about the missing field. > > I know we did wrong to leave that db unmigrated. But do we have any > options for recovery now? Other than dump the data, recreate the db, and > reload? > > -- > 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 [email protected]. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/django-users. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/django-users/3b316785-23c0-4d49-9150-49da28d301ac%40googlegroups.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/django-users/3b316785-23c0-4d49-9150-49da28d301ac%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- 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 [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/django-users. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/django-users/CAFAGLK0xUdCTNVFDsBENC%3Dorh4fCGRVc%3D98WHy8AeyMAWeqZ3A%40mail.gmail.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
