Models & Migration
Prerequites For MySQL
settings.py - /path/projectdir/theproject
DATABASES = {
'default': {
'ENGINE': 'django.db.backends.mysql',
'NAME': 'test',
'USER': 'test',
'PASSWORD': 'pwd',
'HOST':'localhost',
'PORT':'3306',
}
}
...
$ python manage.py migrate
Models
models.py - /path/projectdir/theapp
from django.db import models
class Students(models.Model):
id = models.BigAutoField(primary_key=True)
name = models.CharField(max_length=255)
email = models.CharField(unique=True, max_length=255)
gender = models.CharField(max_length=255)
admission_date = models.DateField()
age = models.IntegerField(default=0)
percent = models.FloatField()
class Meta:
managed = False
db_table = 'students'
def __str__(self):
return self.name
...
def snippet(self):
return self.name[:50] + '...'
...
# in a template
{{ student.snippet }}
...
$ python manage.py makemigrations
$ python manage.py migrate