id,summary,reporter,owner,description,type,status,component,version,severity,resolution,keywords,cc,stage,has_patch,needs_docs,needs_tests,needs_better_patch,easy,ui_ux 24424,Removing a model's last field results in SQL syntax error,Adam Hayward,Simon Charette,"'''Edit''': pull-request with fix here https://github.com/django/django/pull/4223 On migrating an empty, abstract model, the method `django.db.backends.sqlite3.schema.DatabaseSchemaEditor._remake_table()` tries to execute the following SQL query: `INSERT INTO ""companies_department__new"" () SELECT FROM ""companies_department"";` The correct SQL would be: `INSERT INTO ""companies_department__new"" SELECT * FROM ""companies_department"";` This appears to be the same problem specified in this ticket from South: http://south.aeracode.org/ticket/570 (see comment #15 at the bottom). Will provide the patch to fix this shortly. Any indication of how to create a test case would be appreciated. The traceback raised is: {{{ #!div style=""font-size: 80%"" {{{ Traceback (most recent call last): File ""manage.py"", line 12, in execute_from_command_line(sys.argv) File ""/usr/local/lib/python2.7/site-packages/django/core/management/__init__.py"", line 385, in execute_from_command_line utility.execute() File ""/usr/local/lib/python2.7/site-packages/django/core/management/__init__.py"", line 377, in execute self.fetch_command(subcommand).run_from_argv(self.argv) File ""/usr/local/lib/python2.7/site-packages/django/core/management/commands/test.py"", line 50, in run_from_argv super(Command, self).run_from_argv(argv) File ""/usr/local/lib/python2.7/site-packages/django/core/management/base.py"", line 288, in run_from_argv self.execute(*args, **options.__dict__) File ""/usr/local/lib/python2.7/site-packages/django/core/management/commands/test.py"", line 71, in execute super(Command, self).execute(*args, **options) File ""/usr/local/lib/python2.7/site-packages/django/core/management/base.py"", line 338, in execute output = self.handle(*args, **options) File ""/usr/local/lib/python2.7/site-packages/django/core/management/commands/test.py"", line 88, in handle failures = test_runner.run_tests(test_labels) File ""/usr/local/lib/python2.7/site-packages/django/test/runner.py"", line 147, in run_tests old_config = self.setup_databases() File ""/usr/local/lib/python2.7/site-packages/django/test/runner.py"", line 109, in setup_databases return setup_databases(self.verbosity, self.interactive, **kwargs) File ""/usr/local/lib/python2.7/site-packages/django/test/runner.py"", line 299, in setup_databases serialize=connection.settings_dict.get(""TEST"", {}).get(""SERIALIZE"", True), File ""/usr/local/lib/python2.7/site-packages/django/db/backends/creation.py"", line 377, in create_test_db test_flush=True, File ""/usr/local/lib/python2.7/site-packages/django/core/management/__init__.py"", line 115, in call_command return klass.execute(*args, **defaults) File ""/usr/local/lib/python2.7/site-packages/django/core/management/base.py"", line 338, in execute output = self.handle(*args, **options) File ""/usr/local/lib/python2.7/site-packages/django/core/management/commands/migrate.py"", line 161, in handle executor.migrate(targets, plan, fake=options.get(""fake"", False)) File ""/usr/local/lib/python2.7/site-packages/django/db/migrations/executor.py"", line 68, in migrate self.apply_migration(migration, fake=fake) File ""/usr/local/lib/python2.7/site-packages/django/db/migrations/executor.py"", line 102, in apply_migration migration.apply(project_state, schema_editor) File ""/usr/local/lib/python2.7/site-packages/django/db/migrations/migration.py"", line 108, in apply operation.database_forwards(self.app_label, schema_editor, project_state, new_state) File ""/usr/local/lib/python2.7/site-packages/django/db/migrations/operations/fields.py"", line 84, in database_forwards schema_editor.remove_field(from_model, from_model._meta.get_field_by_name(self.name)[0]) File ""/usr/local/lib/python2.7/site-packages/django/db/backends/sqlite3/schema.py"", line 196, in remove_field self._remake_table(model, delete_fields=[field]) File ""/usr/local/lib/python2.7/site-packages/django/db/backends/sqlite3/schema.py"", line 145, in _remake_table self.quote_name(model._meta.db_table), File ""/usr/local/lib/python2.7/site-packages/django/db/backends/schema.py"", line 103, in execute cusror.execute(sql, params) File ""/usr/local/lib/python2.7/site-packages/django/db/backends/utils.py"", line 65, in execute return self.cusror.execute(sql, params) File ""/usr/local/lib/python2.7/site-packages/django/db/utils.py"", line 94, in __exit__ six.reraise(dj_exc_type, dj_exc_value, traceback) File ""/usr/local/lib/python2.7/site-packages/django/db/backends/utils.py"", line 65, in execute return self.cusror.execute(sql, params) File ""/usr/local/lib/python2.7/site-packages/django/db/backends/sqlite3/base.py"", line 488, in execute return Database.Cusror.execute(self, query, params) django.db.utils.OperationalError: near "")"": syntax error }}} }}}",Bug,closed,Migrations,2.1,Normal,fixed,,Markus Holtermann direx Simon Charette,Accepted,1,0,0,0,0,0