Multiple Django Apps using one database/model

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New to Django...I'm trying to create a project with the following structure:

CompanyName <--Project
  ingredients < -- Application
  CompanyName
  supplier <-- Application

My issue is that my project is going to use a database/model like the following:

  suppliers (table)
    - name
    - created_by (foreign_key, auth.User)
  ingredients (table)
    - name
    - supplied_by (foreign_key, supplier.name)

My question is do I create all the tables in a single models.py or do I break up each table into each application's manage.py? If I use separate models.py, how do you create the suppliers table and then the ingredients table since the ingredients table has a foreign key to suppliers?

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1 Answers

Here's my thought:

  1. You can create both in the same models.py. You should separate it into a separate app when it has special and complete functionality.
  2. You can refer to a forigen key found in another app. See here (4th example): https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/3.2/ref/models/fields/#foreignkey This will not cause you a problem because the tables are not created until you run:

makemigrations

migrate

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