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Asked: 2026-06-11T12:27:25+00:00

I added orgname = models.CharField(max_length=50) to my an existing class in my models.py and

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I added orgname = models.CharField(max_length=50) to my an existing class in my models.py and I ran python manage.py syncdb but figured out that it doesn’t create columns (I’m using PostgreSQL by the way), so I needed to do python manage.py sqlall <myapp> which I did and it outputted the following:

BEGIN;
CREATE TABLE "file_uploader_files" (
    "id" serial NOT NULL PRIMARY KEY,
    "file" varchar(100) NOT NULL,
    "orgname" varchar(50) NOT NULL
)
;
COMMIT;

Yet, when I go into the shell for Django or look in pgAdmin3, the column is still not created. What am I doing wrong? I’d add it manually but I’m not sure how.

P.S. The table was already created before hand and so was the file varchar, orgname came after I initial made that column.

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  1. Editorial Team

    Also see this SO question: update django database to reflect changes in existing models (the top two answers cover your question).

    From the accepted answer:

    note: syncdb can’t update your existing tables. Sometimes it’s impossible to decide what to do automagicly – that’s why south scripts are this great.

    And in the other another answer…

    python manage.py reset <your_app>

    This will update the database tables for your app, but will completely destroy any data that existed in those tables.

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