How to get './manage.py syncdb' to create additional views or run custom SQL?

Question

Is there a way to run some custom SQL statements after syncdb does it thing creating the tables for the models? Specifically, I would like to create some database views.

Thanks in advanced.

Answer 1

Yes, there are signals you can catch after a syncdb.

See management signals for docs.

This is how the contrib.auth permissions table is populated, as well as the contenttypes framework table.

Answer 2

Or just create a file called sql/<modelname>.sql: http://docs.djangoproject.com/en/dev/howto/initial-data/#providing-initial-sql-data