MultipleObjectMixin and DB don't work together

[gilmrjc]

I have the following CBV for my home page:

class HomeView(ListView):
    """Home view."""
    template_name = 'index.html'
    model = Post
    context_object_name = 'posts'
    posts_per_page, _ = Option.objects.get_or_create(name='posts_per_page',
                                                     defaults={'value': '5'}
                                                     )
    try:                                             
        paginate_by = int(posts_per_page.value)
    except ValueError:
        paginate_by = 5

But Django fails with the following error:

OperationalError: no such table: djangoapp_option

I can't do database migrations so this is a circular problem: Django complains because there isn't a database -> Database can't be migrated because Django complains -> Django complains . . .
The problem seems to be that Django "compiles" CVB before doing anything, before running commands. Is this bug or is a feature? Should I use function defined views for views that use database configurations?

[Tim Graham]

You can't use module level queries, Option.objects.get_or_create(), in this case. See #26273 for more explanation.

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