Loading docs/topics/migrations.txt +27 −0 Original line number Diff line number Diff line Loading @@ -523,6 +523,33 @@ You can pass a second callable to want executed when migrating backwards. If this callable is omitted, migrating backwards will raise an exception. Accessing models from other apps ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ When writing a ``RunPython`` function that uses models from apps other than the one in which the migration is located, the migration's ``dependencies`` attribute should include the latest migration of each app that is involved, otherwise you may get an error similar to: ``LookupError: No installed app with label 'myappname'`` when you try to retrieve the model in the ``RunPython`` function using ``apps.get_model()``. In the following example, we have a migration in ``app1`` which needs to use models in ``app2``. We aren't concerned with the details of ``move_m1`` other than the fact it will need to access models from both apps. Therefore we've added a dependency that specifies the last migration of ``app2``:: class Migration(migrations.Migration): dependencies = [ ('app1', '0001_initial'), # added dependency to enable using models from app2 in move_m1 ('app2', '0004_foobar'), ] operations = [ migrations.RunPython(move_m1), ] More advanced migrations ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Loading Loading
docs/topics/migrations.txt +27 −0 Original line number Diff line number Diff line Loading @@ -523,6 +523,33 @@ You can pass a second callable to want executed when migrating backwards. If this callable is omitted, migrating backwards will raise an exception. Accessing models from other apps ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ When writing a ``RunPython`` function that uses models from apps other than the one in which the migration is located, the migration's ``dependencies`` attribute should include the latest migration of each app that is involved, otherwise you may get an error similar to: ``LookupError: No installed app with label 'myappname'`` when you try to retrieve the model in the ``RunPython`` function using ``apps.get_model()``. In the following example, we have a migration in ``app1`` which needs to use models in ``app2``. We aren't concerned with the details of ``move_m1`` other than the fact it will need to access models from both apps. Therefore we've added a dependency that specifies the last migration of ``app2``:: class Migration(migrations.Migration): dependencies = [ ('app1', '0001_initial'), # added dependency to enable using models from app2 in move_m1 ('app2', '0004_foobar'), ] operations = [ migrations.RunPython(move_m1), ] More advanced migrations ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Loading