{"id":11578,"date":"2024-03-14T14:22:33","date_gmt":"2024-03-14T14:22:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.silicloud.com\/blog\/how-can-django-map-the-database\/"},"modified":"2025-08-04T13:50:57","modified_gmt":"2025-08-04T13:50:57","slug":"how-can-django-map-the-database","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.silicloud.com\/blog\/how-can-django-map-the-database\/","title":{"rendered":"Django ORM: Mapping Models to Database"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In Django, you can map the database by defining model classes. Here is a simple example:<\/p>\n<pre class=\"post-pre\"><code><span class=\"hljs-keyword\">from<\/span> django.db <span class=\"hljs-keyword\">import<\/span> models\r\n\r\n<span class=\"hljs-keyword\">class<\/span> <span class=\"hljs-title class_\">Book<\/span>(models.Model):\r\n    title = models.CharField(max_length=<span class=\"hljs-number\">100<\/span>)\r\n    author = models.CharField(max_length=<span class=\"hljs-number\">50<\/span>)\r\n    publish_date = models.DateField()\r\n    price = models.DecimalField(max_digits=<span class=\"hljs-number\">5<\/span>, decimal_places=<span class=\"hljs-number\">2<\/span>)\r\n\r\n    <span class=\"hljs-keyword\">def<\/span> <span class=\"hljs-title function_\">__str__<\/span>(<span class=\"hljs-params\">self<\/span>):\r\n        <span class=\"hljs-keyword\">return<\/span> self.title\r\n<\/code><\/pre>\n<p>In the example above, we defined a model class named Book that inherits from models.Model. Each property in the model class will be mapped to a field in the database table. For instance, the title property is mapped to a field of type CharField, and the price property is mapped to a field of type DecimalField.<\/p>\n<p>To map this model class to the database, you can execute the following command:<\/p>\n<pre class=\"post-pre\"><code>python manage.py makemigrations\r\npython manage.py migrate\r\n<\/code><\/pre>\n<p>This will create a table in the database named &#8220;book&#8221; with four fields: title, author, publish_date, and price.<\/p>\n<p>By using this method, we can manipulate the database using Django&#8217;s ORM without the need to directly write SQL statements. The ORM in Django offers many convenient methods for querying, inserting, updating, and deleting database records.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In Django, you can map the database by defining model classes. Here is a simple example: from django.db import models class Book(models.Model): title = models.CharField(max_length=100) author = models.CharField(max_length=50) publish_date = models.DateField() price = models.DecimalField(max_digits=5, decimal_places=2) def __str__(self): return self.title In the example above, we defined a model class named Book that inherits from models.Model. 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