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Existing models can be migrated to become polymorphic models.
During the migrating, the ``polymorphic_ctype`` field needs to be filled in.
This can be done in the following steps:
#. Inherit your model from :class:`~polymorphic.models.PolymorphicModel`.
#. Create a Django migration file to create the ``polymorphic_ctype_id`` database column.
#. Make sure the proper :class:`~django.contrib.contenttypes.models.ContentType` value is filled in.
Filling the content type value
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The following Python code can be used to fill the value of a model:
.. code-block:: python
from django.contrib.contenttypes.models import ContentType
from myapp.models import MyModel
new_ct = ContentType.objects.get_for_model(MyModel)
MyModel.objects.filter(polymorphic_ctype__isnull=True).update(polymorphic_ctype=new_ct)
The creation and update of the ``polymorphic_ctype_id`` column
can be included in a single Django migration. For example:
.. code-block:: python
# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
from __future__ import unicode_literals
from django.db import migrations, models
def forwards_func(apps, schema_editor):
MyModel = apps.get_model('myapp', 'MyModel')
ContentType = apps.get_model('contenttypes', 'ContentType')
new_ct = ContentType.objects.get_for_model(MyModel)
MyModel.objects.filter(polymorphic_ctype__isnull=True).update(polymorphic_ctype=new_ct)
class Migration(migrations.Migration):
dependencies = [
('contenttypes', '0001_initial'),
('myapp', '0001_initial'),
]
operations = [
migrations.AddField(
model_name='mymodel',
name='polymorphic_ctype',
field=models.ForeignKey(related_name='polymorphic_myapp.mymodel_set+', editable=False, to='contenttypes.ContentType', null=True),
),
migrations.RunPython(forwards_func, migrations.RunPython.noop),
]
It's recommended to let ``makemigrations`` create the migration file,
and include the ``RunPython`` manually before running the migration.
.. versionadded:: 1.1
When the model is created elsewhere, you can also use
the :func:`polymorphic.utils.reset_polymorphic_ctype` function:
.. code-block:: python
from polymorphic.utils import reset_polymorphic_ctype
from myapp.models import Base, Sub1, Sub2
reset_polymorphic_ctype(Base, Sub1, Sub2)
reset_polymorphic_ctype(Base, Sub1, Sub2, ignore_existing=True)
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