Getting Django Models into SQLite3 DB with VS

I ran into some troubles migrating/configuring my tables for a new app in my Django project.

I’ve been following this excellent tutorial, and ran into a bump I thought needed some clarification/update. As I’m not sure if the guide is up to date with the current version of Django.

Things I searched:
no module named models
manage.py sqlall
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models are not being created in sqlite3 Django
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No migrations to apply
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manage.py shell
sqlite3 python package

Do these correlate with what you’re having issues with?
If so this was my solution.

First Install SQLite3 and add it too your Environment Variables -> Path
Install Page — Select: Source Code -> Zip for windows machines
I extracted it to C:/.
Now I have SQLite.exe in my root directory.
This is what the end of my Path looks like:
C:\Program Files\Microsoft\Web Platform Installer\;C:\SQLITE3.EXE\;

Sweet, now we can use SQLite in Powershell.

Configuration of Visual Studio:
Create a new app by right clicking on your Project file.
Then “Add” -> Select “Django App”
In this case my app is named book.

Sweet, now we have another Python app.
Go into your settings file and add it to the INSTALLED_APPS tuple.
eg. ‘book’,

Okay, now we’re configured make sure you’re SQLiteDB is properly configured as well.

eg:
‘ENGINE’: ‘django.db.backends.sqlite3’,
‘NAME’: path.join(PROJECT_ROOT, ‘db.sqlite3’),
‘USER’: ”,
‘PASSWORD’: ”,
‘HOST’: ”,
‘PORT’: ”,

Sweet, db all locked and loaded.

Next we’ll create a model.
Following along with the tutorial.
We go into: book -> models.py and create our models.
Eg:
class Publisher(models.Model):
name = models.CharField(max_length=30)
address = models.CharField(max_length=50)
city = models.CharField(max_length=60)
state_province = models.CharField(max_length=30)
country = models.CharField(max_length=50)
website = models.URLField()

Sweet. Model made. Let’s get it into our SQLite DB.

Alright now in DjangoProject1Hack (Where ‘ls’ will show db.sqlite3 among others)
We’ll be doing the migration.

1. Validate:
Run- C:\Python27\python.exe manage.py validate
2. makemigrations
Run- C:\Python27\python.exe manage.py makemigrations
Output:
Migrations for ‘book’:
0001_initial.py:
– Create model Author
– Create model Book
– Create model Publisher
– Add field publisher to book
3. Sync (This just makes sure we add what’s missing)
Run- C:\Python27\python.exe manage.py syncdb
Output:
Operations to perform:
Apply all migrations: book
Running migrations:
Applying book.0001_initial… OK

Sweeeeeeet!

Okay now we manage the db:
Run- C:\Python27\python.exe manage.py shell

Sample workflow in Shell:

>>> from book.models import Publisher
>>> p1 = Publisher(name=’Apress’, address=’2855 Telegraph ave’, city=’berkely’, state_province=’CA’, country=’USA’, website=
‘http://www.apress.com/’)
>>> p1.save()
>>> p2 = Publisher(name=”o’reilly”, address=’10 Fawcett St.’, city=’Cambridge’, state_province=’MA’, country=’USA’, website=
‘http://www.oreilly.com/’)
>>> p2.save()
>>> publisher_list = Publisher.objects.all()
>>> publisher_list
Publisher: Publisher object, Publisher: Publisher object

Yeehaa, let me know if you have any other questions!