Django: Setting up database code tables (aka reference tables, domain tables)?

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Often times applications will need some database code tables (aka reference tables or domain tables or lookup tables). Suppose I have a model class called Status with a field called name that could hold values like:

Canceled
Pending
InProgress
Complete

Where and at what point would I setup these values in Django? Its like a one time operation to setup these values in the database. Infrequently, these values could be added to.

And I guess more generically, how do you initialize models with data? For example, say I had a model for holding the make of a car and I want to initialize this list with a set of known values. How would I do this?

Could you use choices for this or it really needs to be in the database so you can add status names through admin? — Davor Lucic
– Davor Lucic, Commented May 16, 2010 at 22:16
For this particular application I'm debating using choices, but for a flexible design I wanted to know how to use db tables. And in general I'd like to know how to do this. — User
– User, Commented May 16, 2010 at 22:26

Ignacio Vazquez-Abrams · Accepted Answer · 2010-05-16 22:36:33Z

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You'll want to use a fixture for that.

answered May 16, 2010 at 22:36

Ignacio Vazquez-Abrams

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