Use this tag for PostgreSQL issues which are to be solved in accordance with Django coding best practices.
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Django: m2m relationship is not getting updated in post_save signal
In my problem, the m2m relationship is not getting updated in post_save signal.
I have a post_save that checks to make sure that the user is a staff member and if they don't have default permissions, then they are assigned default permissions. If…

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Django postgresql on Heroku DatabaseError value too long for type character varying(1000)
I'm getting this error when saving a Django Model Object:
DatabaseError: value too long for type character varying(1000)
Inside the model there is a textfield:
models.TextField()
I'm saving a string of over 1000 characters into this field (song…

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Django, Postgresql raise OperationalError
I working in Ubuntu 12.04, Django 1.5.1 and Postgresql 9.1 and suddenly i get an error
Exception Type: OperationalError
Exception Value: FATAL: cache lookup failed for access method 403
... what did that mean?

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Read CSV File in Django and then write it to DB Postgresql
How can I read a CSV file, parse the values, and then output it to a particular database table?
That's the basic problem.
Here is a 'bigger picture' of what I'm trying to do:
I'm trying to either read from multiple CSV files (every minute) and or…

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Django syncdb - How does it know if it previously created the tables or if I did?
I manually created some tables in Postgre for a Django project. I manually created the model too. When I try to syncdb, it throws a database error and says the table already exists.
If syncdb creates the table previously, this won't happen. How does…

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Atomic database operations in Django 1.4
This question is similar to Atomic operations in Django? however for Django 1.4. I'm wondering if there is a way to do this without resorting to "raw SQL". My setup is a little different then his so I'll explain.
I have a record for a User and a…

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GeoDjango: 'No such file or directory' when creating PostGIS spatial database template
I am working on MacOS Lion. I have successfully set up the KyngChaos libraries for Postgres and PostGIS, as per the official instructions with no problems.
I've reached the section on creating a spatial database template, and now I'm hitting a…

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How to apply annotation to each item of QuerySet with Django ORM
There are a lot questions similar to this one but none of them worked for me.
Let's assume that I have the following models:
class Cafe(models.Model):
name = models.CharField(max_length=150)
def __str__(self):
return…

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Render dropdown in django view using values from postgres arrayfield
Here is an example from the model:
class Shipment(models.Model):
shipment_id = models.BigAutoField(null=False, primary_key=True)
potential_shipping_dates = ArrayField(models.DateField(), verbose_name='Ship Dates', null=True)
Here is what…

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Is it possible to have a model reference many other models depending on the situation in django?
I honestly don't know how to even phrase my question but i think an example might help.
I have mad three apps with their own models respectfully. App1, App2, App3. I want to create a new app (Reports) which will report on each of my other apps…

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Is PostgreSQL (via ElephantSQL) a much slower database than Django's SQLite, and what to do about it?
I am building a Django webapp including a view, which can upload data into the database through a csv-import. Each import contains around 2,000 rows and 9 columns with DecimalFields and CharFields. So far I've been using Django's SQLite Database and…

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