I am trying to keep my production db with all its data but update the
structure with the new web2py db code

On Oct 18, 2017 16:26, "Anthony" <abasta...@gmail.com> wrote:

> Are you trying to keep the production database and just run migrations on
> it, or just create a whole new production database from scratch to match
> the new code? If the former, don't touch the /databases folder on
> production -- just update the code and leave migrations on, and the DAL
> will run the proper migrations to make the production database match the
> new models.
>
> Anthony
>
> On Wednesday, October 11, 2017 at 7:49:07 AM UTC-4, Yebach wrote:
>>
>> Hello
>>
>> So based on all the material I have read about migration etc some of the
>> updates are not working. I will explain what I am doing and please correct
>> me where my steps are wrong
>>
>> I going from develop to production version and the key is to keep the
>> database with its current data.
>>
>>
>>    1. I backup my production database
>>    2. I created new directory with my develop web2py files - DAL is
>>    different in a way i have some new tables and some new fields compare to 
>> my
>>    production version of the database
>>    3. copied all the files and folders to create a new app
>>    4. deleted ALL files in App/database folder
>>    5. restored database on Postgres under new name
>>    6. Set migrate = True and fake_migrate = True in 0.py file
>>    7. run web2py with web2py.exe -i 192.168.100.47 -p 8000 -a 12345 -K
>>    WoShiTest -X
>>
>> Now the tables are not updated and also new tables are not added.
>>
>> What am I doing wrong?
>>
>> I am using the version of web2py  downloaded on 11.10.2017
>>
>> Thank you
>>
>> Best regards
>>
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