How to start afresh with a new database in Django?

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I deleted my database. I want to start afresh with a new database. How can I do that ? I tried making a new datasource but it gives me an error while applying migrations/or migrating that it couldn't find the tables? Which is true because its an empty database.

A similar scenario would be when some one pulls a version of my code. He wouldn't have migrations or the database (untracked). How would he run the application?

You have to run the migration which you should deliver with your code. — Klaus D., Dec 06 '16 at 03:14
I have not been tracking the migrations folder or the database with version control. How can initialize the db now ? — , Dec 06 '16 at 03:17

score 4 · Answer 1 · edited Dec 01 '19 at 10:49

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Delete all the folders named 'migrations'. And go to terminal and run ./manage.py makemigrations, ./manage.py migrate --run-syncdb.

edited Dec 01 '19 at 10:49

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answered Dec 06 '16 at 04:11

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Do not remove the whole folders, and keep the `__init__.py` files. Otherwise you'll have issues when trying to create the tables with `makemigrations` and `migrate` as discussed [here](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/46391330/relation-does-not-exist-error-in-django) – mota Dec 22 '20 at 14:30

How to start afresh with a new database in Django?

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