Django - syncdb doesn't create tables

Question

I added a many-to-many field to an existing model and was expecting syncdb to create a new table, but there\'s nothing there. This is what the model looks like:

Answer 1

The syncdb command does not create many to many tables for existing models by design. This decision is explained on ticket 2229.

That leaves you with a few options.

• If you don't have any data in your Book model, drop the table and rerun syncdb. Django will recreate the book table and the many to many table.
• Use the dbshell command, and create the many to many joining table using the output of sql myapp.
• If you're doing multiple schema migrations with Django, make friends with South.