Chapter 16. Integrating with Legacy Databases and Applications
Django is best suited for so-called green-field developmentthat is, starting projects from scratch, as if you were constructing a building on a fresh field of green grass. But despite the fact that Django favors from-scratch projects, it's possible to integrate the framework into legacy databases and applications. This chapter explains a few integration strategies.
Integrating with a Legacy Database
Django's database layer generates SQL schemas from Python codebut with a legacy database, you already have the SQL schemas. In such a case, you'll need to create models for your existing database tables. For this purpose, Django comes with a tool that can generate model code by reading your ...
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