Update the database¶
django-paypal uses South for migrations for Django < 1.7, and the built in Django migrations framework for Django >= 1.7.
To update your database:
For Django < 1.7:
Ensure South is installed if it isn’t already:
Do:
pip install 'South>=1.0.1'
Add ‘south’ to your INSTALLED_APPS setting.
Run the following to install South tables:
./manage.py syncdb
Then for each time you install or upgrade django-paypal, run:
./manage.py migrate
For Django >= 1.7, do:
./manage.py migrate
Upgrading from previous versions¶
If you using Django < 1.7 and are upgrading from a version that wasn’t using South, you will have to use --fake - see http://south.readthedocs.org/en/latest/commands.html?highlight=fake
It will probably look something like:
./manage.py migrate ipn --fake --initial
./manage.py migrate pdt --fake --initial
./manage.py migrate pro --fake --initial
depending on what apps you have installed.
Upgrading to Django 1.7¶
The recommended upgrade procedure is:
first upgrade django-paypal to the latest version and run migrations as above.
then upgrade Django to 1.7, and run the following as appropriate for your situation:
./manage.py migrate ipn --fake ./manage.py migrate pdt --fake ./manage.py migrate pro --fake
In this way, you can avoid running equivalent migrations twice (the South versions and the Django built-in versions).