Adding fields to an already existing database for Django (version < 1.7)

Question

I\'m using Django ( < v1.7), with SQLite3 as the database engine.

I am trying to add a new field to an already existing model\'s class. This class already has dat

Answer 1

Install south in your django and you can easily handle the existing tables. check this

If you really want to use Django-South, install it on your django, after adding your new fields to your existing model run

python manage.py schemamigration --initial

It will create a file in your project app. then,

python manage.py migrate

thats it your table is altered.