Using piccolo on legacy data

[cheesycod]

Is there a way to have piccolo work on legacy database schemas (like managed = False in django)

[dantownsend]

@cheesycod There should be no problems with this - just define the models in Piccolo, and it can connect to existing database tables.

If using Piccolo migrations, the first time you run them you might want to use the fake flag.

piccolo migrations forwards some_app --fake

[vctrd]

Hello,

following up on this question, would an inspection mechanism such as python manage.y inspectdb to create the models in Piccolo automaticaly make sense ?

Thank you

[dantownsend]

Hi @vctrd, that's a good idea.

I've started putting together a simple prototype - will try and release this soon, as I can see it being a big time saver for people.

#157

[vctrd]

Thank you very much, I'll have a look.