Is there a way to make syncdb ignore a specific table?
I decided to declare a M2M twice because from one model I wanted it to appear as a simple M2M that works with filter_horizontal. In another I added a through field and show it in an inline. I used db_table to make the simple one use the same through table. This all works well usually, BUT in syncdb I always get an error the first run because it thinks it must create the table twice, but it already exists the second time. Not a problem until I get to testing which creates the test database and fails. Maybe I’m just an idiot for using this hack. Is there anyway to make Django ignore this error or specify not to create the m2m through table the second time?
I ended up using the Model Meta option managed = False to make syncdb ignore the model. Then used initial sql data to create the sql for the table by hand. If I could tell django that only the manytomany field was not to be managed I wouldn’t need to write custom SQL, but this can’t be done.