Want to use my existing mysql database with django

Question

I have created a django project and now rendering templates. I have a mysql database already with loads of tables and data.

From what i saw in the tutorials, the mo

Answer 1

inspectdb works fine now. (Django 1.7.1) Simply running manage.py inspectdb will create classes for all tables in database and display on console.

 $ python manage.py inspectdb

Save this as a file by using standard Unix output redirection:

 $ python manage.py inspectdb > models.py

Reference

Answer 2

There is an way by which Django will auto-magically create models based on tables using the inspectdb option of manage.py. A short guide is provided in Django Documentation itself on Integrating Django with a legacy database