from django.core.management.base import BaseCommand from django.db import connection from django.db import models from documents.models import Document class Command(BaseCommand): # This code is taken almost entirely from https://github.com/wagtail/wagtail/pull/11912 with all credit to the original author. help = "Converts UUID columns from char type to the native UUID type used in MariaDB 10.7+ and Django 5.0+." def convert_field(self, model, field_name, *, null=False): if model._meta.get_field(field_name).model != model: # pragma: no cover # Field is inherited from a parent model return if not model._meta.managed: # pragma: no cover # The migration framework skips unmanaged models, so we should too return old_field = models.CharField(null=null, max_length=36) old_field.set_attributes_from_name(field_name) new_field = models.UUIDField(null=null) new_field.set_attributes_from_name(field_name) with connection.schema_editor() as schema_editor: schema_editor.alter_field(model, old_field, new_field) self.stdout.write( self.style.SUCCESS( f"Successfully converted {model._meta.label} {field_name} field to UUID type.", ), ) def handle(self, **options): self.convert_field(Document, "transaction_id", null=True)