{"title":"Database migration operations","version":"2.1","locale":"el","docname":"ref/contrib/postgres/operations","url":"/el/2.1/ref/contrib/postgres/operations/","canonical":"https://djangodocs.dev/el/2.1/ref/contrib/postgres/operations/","summary":"All of these operations are available from the django.contrib.postgres.operations module. Creating extension using migrations Link to this heading # You can create…","html":"<h1>Database migration operations<a class=\"heading-anchor\" href=\"#database-migration-operations\"><span class=\"visually-hidden\">Link to this heading</span><span aria-hidden=\"true\">#</span></a></h1>\n<p>All of these <a class=\"reference internal\" href=\"/el/2.1/ref/migration-operations/\"><span class=\"doc\">operations</span></a> are available from\nthe <code class=\"docutils literal notranslate\"><span class=\"pre\">django.contrib.postgres.operations</span></code> module.</p>\n<section id=\"creating-extension-using-migrations\">\n<span id=\"create-postgresql-extensions\"></span><h2>Creating extension using migrations<a class=\"heading-anchor\" href=\"#creating-extension-using-migrations\"><span class=\"visually-hidden\">Link to this heading</span><span aria-hidden=\"true\">#</span></a></h2>\n<p>You can create a PostgreSQL extension in your database using a migration file.\nThis example creates an hstore extension, but the same principles apply for\nother extensions.</p>\n<p>Set up the hstore extension in PostgreSQL before the first <code class=\"docutils literal notranslate\"><span class=\"pre\">CreateModel</span></code>\nor <code class=\"docutils literal notranslate\"><span class=\"pre\">AddField</span></code> operation that involves\n<a class=\"reference internal\" href=\"/el/2.1/ref/contrib/postgres/fields/#django.contrib.postgres.fields.HStoreField\" title=\"django.contrib.postgres.fields.HStoreField\"><code class=\"xref py py-class docutils literal notranslate\"><span class=\"pre\">HStoreField</span></code></a> by adding a migration with\nthe <a class=\"reference internal\" href=\"#django.contrib.postgres.operations.HStoreExtension\" title=\"django.contrib.postgres.operations.HStoreExtension\"><code class=\"xref py py-class docutils literal notranslate\"><span class=\"pre\">HStoreExtension</span></code></a> operation.\nFor example:</p>\n<div class=\"code-block\" data-language=\"default\"><div class=\"code-block-toolbar\"><span class=\"code-block-language\">Code</span><button type=\"button\" class=\"copy-button\" data-copy hidden><span class=\"copy-button-label\">Copy</span></button></div><pre role=\"group\" tabindex=\"0\" aria-label=\"Code code\"><code><span class=\"kn\">from</span><span class=\"w\"> </span><span class=\"nn\">django.contrib.postgres.operations</span><span class=\"w\"> </span><span class=\"kn\">import</span> <span class=\"n\">HStoreExtension</span>\n\n<span class=\"k\">class</span><span class=\"w\"> </span><span class=\"nc\">Migration</span><span class=\"p\">(</span><span class=\"n\">migrations</span><span class=\"o\">.</span><span class=\"n\">Migration</span><span class=\"p\">):</span>\n    <span class=\"o\">...</span>\n\n    <span class=\"n\">operations</span> <span class=\"o\">=</span> <span class=\"p\">[</span>\n        <span class=\"n\">HStoreExtension</span><span class=\"p\">(),</span>\n        <span class=\"o\">...</span>\n    <span class=\"p\">]</span>\n</code></pre></div>\n<p>Creating the extension requires a database user with superuser privileges.\nIf the Django database user doesn’t have superuser privileges, you’ll have\nto create the extension outside of Django migrations with a user that has\nthe appropriate privileges. In that case, connect to your Django database and\nrun the query <code class=\"docutils literal notranslate\"><span class=\"pre\">CREATE</span> <span class=\"pre\">EXTENSION</span> <span class=\"pre\">IF</span> <span class=\"pre\">NOT</span> <span class=\"pre\">EXISTS</span> <span class=\"pre\">hstore;</span></code>.</p>\n</section>\n<section id=\"createextension\">\n<h2><code class=\"docutils literal notranslate\"><span class=\"pre\">CreateExtension</span></code><a class=\"heading-anchor\" href=\"#createextension\"><span class=\"visually-hidden\">Link to this heading</span><span aria-hidden=\"true\">#</span></a></h2>\n<dl class=\"py class\">\n<dt class=\"sig sig-object py\" id=\"django.contrib.postgres.operations.CreateExtension\">\n<em class=\"property\"><span class=\"k\"><span class=\"pre\">class</span></span><span class=\"w\"> </span></em><span class=\"sig-name descname\"><span class=\"pre\">CreateExtension</span></span><span class=\"sig-paren\">(</span><em class=\"sig-param\"><span class=\"n\"><span class=\"pre\">name</span></span></em><span class=\"sig-paren\">)</span><a class=\"heading-anchor\" href=\"#django.contrib.postgres.operations.CreateExtension\"><span class=\"visually-hidden\">Link to this definition</span><span aria-hidden=\"true\">#</span></a></dt>\n<dd><p>An <code class=\"docutils literal notranslate\"><span class=\"pre\">Operation</span></code> subclass which installs PostgreSQL extensions.</p>\n<dl class=\"py attribute\">\n<dt class=\"sig sig-object py\" id=\"django.contrib.postgres.operations.CreateExtension.name\">\n<span class=\"sig-name descname\"><span class=\"pre\">name</span></span><a class=\"heading-anchor\" href=\"#django.contrib.postgres.operations.CreateExtension.name\"><span class=\"visually-hidden\">Link to this definition</span><span aria-hidden=\"true\">#</span></a></dt>\n<dd><p>This is a required argument. The name of the extension to be installed.</p>\n</dd></dl>\n\n</dd></dl>\n\n</section>\n<section id=\"btreeginextension\">\n<h2><code class=\"docutils literal notranslate\"><span class=\"pre\">BtreeGinExtension</span></code><a class=\"heading-anchor\" href=\"#btreeginextension\"><span class=\"visually-hidden\">Link to this heading</span><span aria-hidden=\"true\">#</span></a></h2>\n<dl class=\"py class\">\n<dt class=\"sig sig-object py\" id=\"django.contrib.postgres.operations.BtreeGinExtension\">\n<em class=\"property\"><span class=\"k\"><span class=\"pre\">class</span></span><span class=\"w\"> </span></em><span class=\"sig-name descname\"><span class=\"pre\">BtreeGinExtension</span></span><a class=\"heading-anchor\" href=\"#django.contrib.postgres.operations.BtreeGinExtension\"><span class=\"visually-hidden\">Link to this definition</span><span aria-hidden=\"true\">#</span></a></dt>\n<dd><p>Install the <code class=\"docutils literal notranslate\"><span class=\"pre\">btree_gin</span></code> extension.</p>\n</dd></dl>\n\n</section>\n<section id=\"btreegistextension\">\n<h2><code class=\"docutils literal notranslate\"><span class=\"pre\">BtreeGistExtension</span></code><a class=\"heading-anchor\" href=\"#btreegistextension\"><span class=\"visually-hidden\">Link to this heading</span><span aria-hidden=\"true\">#</span></a></h2>\n<dl class=\"py class\">\n<dt class=\"sig sig-object py\" id=\"django.contrib.postgres.operations.BtreeGistExtension\">\n<em class=\"property\"><span class=\"k\"><span class=\"pre\">class</span></span><span class=\"w\"> </span></em><span class=\"sig-name descname\"><span class=\"pre\">BtreeGistExtension</span></span><a class=\"heading-anchor\" href=\"#django.contrib.postgres.operations.BtreeGistExtension\"><span class=\"visually-hidden\">Link to this definition</span><span aria-hidden=\"true\">#</span></a></dt>\n<dd><aside class=\"version-note version-added\" data-version=\"2.0\">\n<p class=\"version-note-title\">New in Django 2.0</p></aside>\n<p>Install the <code class=\"docutils literal notranslate\"><span class=\"pre\">btree_gist</span></code> extension.</p>\n</dd></dl>\n\n</section>\n<section id=\"citextextension\">\n<h2><code class=\"docutils literal notranslate\"><span class=\"pre\">CITextExtension</span></code><a class=\"heading-anchor\" href=\"#citextextension\"><span class=\"visually-hidden\">Link to this heading</span><span aria-hidden=\"true\">#</span></a></h2>\n<dl class=\"py class\">\n<dt class=\"sig sig-object py\" id=\"django.contrib.postgres.operations.CITextExtension\">\n<em class=\"property\"><span class=\"k\"><span class=\"pre\">class</span></span><span class=\"w\"> </span></em><span class=\"sig-name descname\"><span class=\"pre\">CITextExtension</span></span><a class=\"heading-anchor\" href=\"#django.contrib.postgres.operations.CITextExtension\"><span class=\"visually-hidden\">Link to this definition</span><span aria-hidden=\"true\">#</span></a></dt>\n<dd><p>Installs the <code class=\"docutils literal notranslate\"><span class=\"pre\">citext</span></code> extension.</p>\n</dd></dl>\n\n</section>\n<section id=\"cryptoextension\">\n<h2><code class=\"docutils literal notranslate\"><span class=\"pre\">CryptoExtension</span></code><a class=\"heading-anchor\" href=\"#cryptoextension\"><span class=\"visually-hidden\">Link to this heading</span><span aria-hidden=\"true\">#</span></a></h2>\n<dl class=\"py class\">\n<dt class=\"sig sig-object py\" id=\"django.contrib.postgres.operations.CryptoExtension\">\n<em class=\"property\"><span class=\"k\"><span class=\"pre\">class</span></span><span class=\"w\"> </span></em><span class=\"sig-name descname\"><span class=\"pre\">CryptoExtension</span></span><a class=\"heading-anchor\" href=\"#django.contrib.postgres.operations.CryptoExtension\"><span class=\"visually-hidden\">Link to this definition</span><span aria-hidden=\"true\">#</span></a></dt>\n<dd><aside class=\"version-note version-added\" data-version=\"2.0\">\n<p class=\"version-note-title\">New in Django 2.0</p></aside>\n<p>Installs the <code class=\"docutils literal notranslate\"><span class=\"pre\">pgcrypto</span></code> extension.</p>\n</dd></dl>\n\n</section>\n<section id=\"hstoreextension\">\n<h2><code class=\"docutils literal notranslate\"><span class=\"pre\">HStoreExtension</span></code><a class=\"heading-anchor\" href=\"#hstoreextension\"><span class=\"visually-hidden\">Link to this heading</span><span aria-hidden=\"true\">#</span></a></h2>\n<dl class=\"py class\">\n<dt class=\"sig sig-object py\" id=\"django.contrib.postgres.operations.HStoreExtension\">\n<em class=\"property\"><span class=\"k\"><span class=\"pre\">class</span></span><span class=\"w\"> </span></em><span class=\"sig-name descname\"><span class=\"pre\">HStoreExtension</span></span><a class=\"heading-anchor\" href=\"#django.contrib.postgres.operations.HStoreExtension\"><span class=\"visually-hidden\">Link to this definition</span><span aria-hidden=\"true\">#</span></a></dt>\n<dd><p>Installs the <code class=\"docutils literal notranslate\"><span class=\"pre\">hstore</span></code> extension and also sets up the connection to\ninterpret hstore data for possible use in subsequent migrations.</p>\n</dd></dl>\n\n</section>\n<section id=\"trigramextension\">\n<h2><code class=\"docutils literal notranslate\"><span class=\"pre\">TrigramExtension</span></code><a class=\"heading-anchor\" href=\"#trigramextension\"><span class=\"visually-hidden\">Link to this heading</span><span aria-hidden=\"true\">#</span></a></h2>\n<dl class=\"py class\">\n<dt class=\"sig sig-object py\" id=\"django.contrib.postgres.operations.TrigramExtension\">\n<em class=\"property\"><span class=\"k\"><span class=\"pre\">class</span></span><span class=\"w\"> </span></em><span class=\"sig-name descname\"><span class=\"pre\">TrigramExtension</span></span><a class=\"heading-anchor\" href=\"#django.contrib.postgres.operations.TrigramExtension\"><span class=\"visually-hidden\">Link to this definition</span><span aria-hidden=\"true\">#</span></a></dt>\n<dd><p>Installs the <code class=\"docutils literal notranslate\"><span class=\"pre\">pg_trgm</span></code> extension.</p>\n</dd></dl>\n\n</section>\n<section id=\"unaccentextension\">\n<h2><code class=\"docutils literal notranslate\"><span class=\"pre\">UnaccentExtension</span></code><a class=\"heading-anchor\" href=\"#unaccentextension\"><span class=\"visually-hidden\">Link to this heading</span><span aria-hidden=\"true\">#</span></a></h2>\n<dl class=\"py class\">\n<dt class=\"sig sig-object py\" id=\"django.contrib.postgres.operations.UnaccentExtension\">\n<em class=\"property\"><span class=\"k\"><span class=\"pre\">class</span></span><span class=\"w\"> </span></em><span class=\"sig-name descname\"><span class=\"pre\">UnaccentExtension</span></span><a class=\"heading-anchor\" href=\"#django.contrib.postgres.operations.UnaccentExtension\"><span class=\"visually-hidden\">Link to this definition</span><span aria-hidden=\"true\">#</span></a></dt>\n<dd><p>Installs the <code class=\"docutils literal notranslate\"><span class=\"pre\">unaccent</span></code> extension.</p>\n</dd></dl>\n\n</section>","rootId":"database-migration-operations","toc":[{"title":"Creating extension using 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