I already have a pre-existing database but now want to use Django. Is there a way to auto generate the model Django needs from my database? For example if I already had a database with tables defined from another application.
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I already have a pre-existing database but now want to use Django. Is there a way to auto generate the model Django needs from my database? For example if I already had a database with tables defined from another application.
You should take a look at the command
inspectdbin the Django documentation. This is a management command to do that, although it doesn’t always works, it would be a good starting point.