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Asked: 2026-06-12T04:36:42+00:00

I’m trying to develop a Django website with Heroku. Having no previous experience with

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I’m trying to develop a Django website with Heroku. Having no previous experience with databases (except the sqlite3 one from the tutorial), it seems to me a good idea to have the following file structure:

Projects
'-MySite
  |-MySite
  '-MyDB

I’m finding it hard to figure out how to do it, with psql commands preferring to put the databases in some obscure directory instead. Perhaps it’s not such a good idea?

Eventually I want to be able to test and develop my site (it’ll be just a blog for a while, I’m still learning) locally (ie. add a post, play with the CSS) and sync with the Heroku repository, but I also want to be able to add posts via the website itself occasionally.

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  1. Editorial Team

    The underlying data files (MyDb) has nothing to do with your project files and should not be under your project.

    EDIT
    added two ways to sync your local database with the database ON the Heroku server

    1) export-import

    This is the most simple way, do the following steps every now and then:

    • make an export on the Heroku server by using the pg_dump utility
    • download the dump file
    • import the dump into your local database by using the psql utility

    2) replication

    A more sophisticated way for keeping your local db in sync all the time is Replication. It is used in professional environments and it is probably an overkill for you at the moment. You can read more about it here: http://www.postgresql.org/docs/9.1/static/high-availability.html

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