The document at http://docs.djangoproject.com/en/dev/howto/initial-data/
states “If you create a fixture named initial_data.[xml/yaml/json], that fixture will be loaded every time you run syncdb. I copied bob to initial_data.xml And did pubu...@pubuntu:~/django-trunk/django/bin/mysite$ python manage.py syncdb but got : Error: Couldn't install apps, because there were errors in one or more models: mysite.polls: __init__() got an unexpected keyword argument 'max_length' pubu...@pubuntu:~/django-trunk/django/bin/mysite$ On Apr 22, 11:00 am, bconnors <bob.conn...@wdc.usda.gov> wrote: > I get : No fixtures found when I do python manage.py loaddata bob > > pubu...@pubuntu:~/django-trunk/django/bin/mysite$ cat bob > [ > { > "model": "myapp.person", > "pk" : 1, > "fields": { > "first_name": "John", > "last_name": "Lenon",} > > ] > > I copied my bob file into the fixtures directory. > > pubu...@pubuntu:~/django-trunk/django/bin/mysite$ python manage.py > loaddata bob > Loading 'bob' fixtures... > No fixtures found. > pubu...@pubuntu:~/django-trunk/django/bin/mysite$ > > On Apr 20, 3:28 pm, Daniel Roseman <roseman.dan...@googlemail.com> > wrote: > > > > > On Apr 20, 8:16 pm, bconnors <bob.conn...@wdc.usda.gov> wrote: > > > > How do I set up a initial_data.json file? > > > Athttp://docs.djangoproject.com/en/dev/howto/initial-data/ > > > > I came across this “Or, you can write fixtures by hand; fixtures can > > > be written as XML, YAML, or JSON documents. The serialization > > > documentation has more details about each of these supported > > > serialization formats. > > > As an example, though, here’s what a fixture for a simple Person model > > > might > > > look like in JSON: > > > [ > > > { > > > "model": "myapp.person", > > > "pk": 1, > > > "fields": { > > > "first_name": "John", > > > "last_name": "Lennon" > > > } > > > }, > > > { > > > "model": "myapp.person", > > > "pk": 2, > > > "fields": { > > > "first_name": "Paul", > > > "last_name": "McCartney" > > > } > > > } > > > ] > > > So, what's the problem? The instructions seem clear enough. Where are > > you having trouble? > > -- > > DR.- Hide quoted text - > > > - Show quoted text -- Hide quoted text - > > - Show quoted text - --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---