Create database view from django model

Question

I learned sql \"view\" as a virtual table to facilitate the SQL operations, like

MySQL [distributor]> CREATE VIEW CustomerEMailList AS
    -> SELECT cust_         


        

Answer 1

According to the Django ORM Cookbook by Agiliq, you can do it like the following.

Create view:

create view temp_user as
select id, first_name from auth_user;

Create a model which is not managed and naming a db_table explicitly:

class TempUser(models.Model):
    first_name = models.CharField(max_length=100)

    class Meta:
        managed = False
        db_table = "temp_user"

You'll be able to query then, but you'll receive an error once you try to update.

Query like always:

TempUser.objects.all().values()

I haven't tried this yet, but I certainly will.