Django column “name” of relation “django_content_type” does not exist

Question

I keep getting the following error when doing a migration (python manage.py migrate):

django.db.utils.ProgrammingError: column \"name\" of relation \"django_         


        

Answer 1

Another variant that worked for me (from a blank database) was:

./manage.py makemigrations myappname
./manage.py migrate

A variant which DID NOT work was:

./manage.py makemigrations myappname
./manage.py migrate myappname

Or, rather, the sequence would apparently work the first time, but would not work the second time, complaining then that django_content_type did not exist.

The working (first 2-line) variant above seems to be idempotent.

(edited: to remove redundant second line from original 3-line working version)