On Wed, Mar 28, 2012 at 20:03, Stephen J. Turnbull <stephen@xemacs.org>wrote:

On Thu, Mar 29, 2012 at 1:40 AM, Odhiambo Washington <odhiambo@gmail.com> wrote:

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However, I am lost as to why the argument to this procedure was named "syncdb" and not "createdb", which is what it's doing. Can you explain that please? Sorry, I am a noob in this.

It's called "syncdb" because it synchronizes the actual data store with the schema, by creating and updating tables and indexes as necessary. Creating a database is a special case of syncing where the database is completely empty. However, the schema in Django is dynamic; it will automatically add tables and indexes when the Django application is changed.

You don't need to know about this unless you plan to dig in and develop the Django application that provides the administration interface.

Thank you for the explanation. I actually accept the argument now:)

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