{"id":18883,"date":"2024-03-15T17:47:05","date_gmt":"2024-03-15T17:47:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.silicloud.com\/blog\/how-can-django-convert-sqlite-to-a-mysql-database\/"},"modified":"2024-03-21T14:22:24","modified_gmt":"2024-03-21T14:22:24","slug":"how-can-django-convert-sqlite-to-a-mysql-database","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.silicloud.com\/blog\/how-can-django-convert-sqlite-to-a-mysql-database\/","title":{"rendered":"How can Django convert SQLite to a MySQL database?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>To convert a SQLite database to a MySQL database, you can follow these steps:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>MySQL backend for Django database management<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<pre class=\"post-pre\"><code>pip install mysqlclient\r\n<\/code><\/pre>\n<ol>\n<li>The configuration file settings.py<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<pre class=\"post-pre\"><code>DATABASES = {\r\n    <span class=\"hljs-string\">'default'<\/span>: {\r\n        <span class=\"hljs-string\">'ENGINE'<\/span>: <span class=\"hljs-string\">'django.db.backends.mysql'<\/span>,\r\n        <span class=\"hljs-string\">'NAME'<\/span>: <span class=\"hljs-string\">'your_database_name'<\/span>,\r\n        <span class=\"hljs-string\">'USER'<\/span>: <span class=\"hljs-string\">'your_mysql_username'<\/span>,\r\n        <span class=\"hljs-string\">'PASSWORD'<\/span>: <span class=\"hljs-string\">'your_mysql_password'<\/span>,\r\n        <span class=\"hljs-string\">'HOST'<\/span>: <span class=\"hljs-string\">'your_mysql_host'<\/span>,\r\n        <span class=\"hljs-string\">'PORT'<\/span>: <span class=\"hljs-string\">'your_mysql_port'<\/span>,\r\n    }\r\n}\r\n<\/code><\/pre>\n<ol>\n<li>Navigate to the directory where the Django project is located in the terminal and execute the following command to generate MySQL database migration files:<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<pre class=\"post-pre\"><code>python manage.py makemigrations\r\n<\/code><\/pre>\n<ol>\n<li>Run the database migration command to transfer the SQLite database to MySQL database.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<pre class=\"post-pre\"><code>python manage.py migrate\r\n<\/code><\/pre>\n<p>In this way, the SQLite database will be converted to a MySQL database. 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