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Django Update Model

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Summary

When the model structure needs to change, you edit the field in models.py and then make a new migration. Django detects changes and generates migration files that can be applied to the migrate. So the table is updated without deleting the old data.

Key points

Edit field in models.py to change the structure
Run emigrations to make migration
Run the migration to implement the change
Old data is generally kept secure when adding columns

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