I'm new to sqlalchemy and flask. I inherited a project in which I need to add new columns to a table (new fields to a model). Here is what the model looks like.
class Area(db.Model):
__tablename__ = 'areas'
id = db.Column(db.Integer, primary_key=True)
title = db.Column(db.Text)
timestamp = db.Column(db.DateTime, index=True, default=datetime.utcnow)
last_updated = db.Column(db.DateTime, index=True, default=datetime.utcnow)
author_id = db.Column(db.Integer, db.ForeignKey('users.id'))
site_id = db.Column(db.Integer, db.ForeignKey('sites.id'))
ttz = db.relationship("TTZInput", uselist=False)
contaminants = db.relationship('ContaminantInput', backref='area', lazy='dynamic')
outputs = db.relationship('AreaOutput', uselist=False, cascade="all, delete-orphan")
app_input = db.relationship('ApplicationInput', uselist=False)
order_status = db.Column(db.Boolean, default=False)
public_handle = db.Column(db.VARCHAR, unique=True, index=True)
area_note = db.Column(db.Text, default='')
area_type = db.Column(db.Text, nullable=True)
area_type, the last field/column, is the newly added field/column. I've tried flask db migrate
, but I keep getting "No changes in schema detected." What could be wrong?