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Update ContentTypes and Permissions without syncdb

Author:
paltman
Posted:
April 11, 2008
Language:
Python
Version:
.96
Score:
5 (after 5 ratings)

See blog post

You can put this script in the root of your project and run after deploying updates in your production environment.

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from django.core.management import setup_environ
try:
    import settings
except ImportError:
    import sys
    sys.stderr.write("Couldn't find the settings.py module.")
    sys.exit(1)

setup_environ(settings)

# Add any missing content types
from django.contrib.contenttypes.management import create_all_contenttypes
create_all_contenttypes()

# Add any missing permissions
from django.contrib.auth.management import create_permissions
from django.db.models import get_apps
for app in get_apps():
   create_permissions(app, None, 2)

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Comments

montrubio (on June 18, 2010):

where is ? create_all_contenttypes I'm using django 1.1 and ther is only update_contenttypes and update_all_contenttypes on management.py

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anentropic (on July 6, 2017):

it's called update_contenttypes in Django 1.4

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anentropic (on July 6, 2017):

or update_all_contentypes

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