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[Odhiambo Washington]

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

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