If the default charset for mysql database is utf8mb4, migration will throw an error:
Creating tables...
Creating table django_settings_setting
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/home/onedollarclub/manage.py", line 10, in <module>
execute_from_command_line(sys.argv)
File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/django/core/management/__init__.py", line 354, in execute_from_command_line
utility.execute()
File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/django/core/management/__init__.py", line 346, in execute
self.fetch_command(subcommand).run_from_argv(self.argv)
File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/django/core/management/base.py", line 394, in run_from_argv
self.execute(*args, **cmd_options)
File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/django/core/management/base.py", line 445, in execute
output = self.handle(*args, **options)
File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/django/core/management/commands/migrate.py", line 179, in handle
created_models = self.sync_apps(connection, executor.loader.unmigrated_apps)
File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/django/core/management/commands/migrate.py", line 310, in sync_apps
editor.create_model(model)
File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/django/db/backends/base/schema.py", line 286, in create_model
self.execute(sql, params or None)
File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/django/db/backends/base/schema.py", line 111, in execute
cursor.execute(sql, params)
File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/django/db/backends/utils.py", line 64, in execute
return self.cursor.execute(sql, params)
File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/django/db/utils.py", line 98, in __exit__
six.reraise(dj_exc_type, dj_exc_value, traceback)
File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/django/db/backends/utils.py", line 62, in execute
return self.cursor.execute(sql)
File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/django/db/backends/mysql/base.py", line 124, in execute
return self.cursor.execute(query, args)
File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/MySQLdb/cursors.py", line 205, in execute
self.errorhandler(self, exc, value)
File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/MySQLdb/connections.py", line 36, in defaulterrorhandler
raise errorclass, errorvalue
django.db.utils.OperationalError: (1071, 'Specified key was too long; max key length is 767 bytes')```
If the default charset for mysql database is utf8mb4, migration will throw an error: