db_migration_in_django.md

how to migrate database into another database

• dump the current db of django project settings

  python manage.py dumpdata > dbdump.json
  

• Change the database settings to new database

• run migrate command to set up the new database *if the new database does not have same model (tables), as when creating new database

  python manage.py migrate
  

• open django shell

  python manage.py shell
  

  Enter the following in the shell

  from django.contrib.contenttypes.models import ContentType
  
  ContentType.objects.all().delete()
  

• then, load the data from dbdump.json

  python manage.py loaddata dbdump.json