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Fixed #5776: Added an explanation of when and why Django might need ALTER TABLE privileges to docs/install.txt

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@ -73,13 +73,17 @@ installed.
If you plan to use Django's ``manage.py syncdb`` command to If you plan to use Django's ``manage.py syncdb`` command to
automatically create database tables for your models, you'll need to automatically create database tables for your models, you'll need to
ensure that Django has permission to create tables in the database ensure that Django has permission to create and alter tables in the
you're using; if you plan to manually create the tables, you can database you're using; if you plan to manually create the tables, you
simply grant Django ``SELECT``, ``INSERT``, ``UPDATE`` and ``DELETE`` can simply grant Django ``SELECT``, ``INSERT``, ``UPDATE`` and
permissions. Django does not issue ``ALTER TABLE`` statements, and so ``DELETE`` permissions. On some databases, Django will need to have
will not require permission to do so. If you will be using Django's ``ALTER TABLE`` privileges during ``syncdb`` (in order to create
`testing framework`_ with data fixtures, Django will need permission foreign key constraints properly on databases which do not allow them
to create a temporary test database. to be deferred), but will not issue ``ALTER TABLE`` statements on a
table once ``syncdb`` has finished setting it up.
If you will be using Django's `testing framework`_ with data fixtures,
Django will need permission to create a temporary test database.
.. _PostgreSQL: http://www.postgresql.org/ .. _PostgreSQL: http://www.postgresql.org/
.. _MySQL: http://www.mysql.com/ .. _MySQL: http://www.mysql.com/