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 30760 "Django admin ""view on site"" button doesn't respect database routers" zooqooo nobody "I'm using the default admin view 'django.contrib.admin'. Here is an excerpt from my app_1.models.py {{{ #!div style=""font-size: 80%"" Code highlighting: {{{#!python class SomeModel(models.Model): name = models.CharField(max_length=50) slug_name = models.SlugField(max_length=75, unique=True) #Some more fields def get_absolute_url(self): return reverse(""siteSomeModel"", kwargs={""slug"": self.slug_name}) }}} }}} Here is an excerpt from my site.routers.py {{{ #!div style=""font-size: 80%"" Code highlighting: {{{#!python class App_1_DataBaseRouter(): label = ""app_1"" db = ""app_1_db"" def db_for_read(self, model, **hints): if model._meta.app_label == self.label: return self.db return None def db_for_write(self, model, **hints): if model._meta.app_label == self.label: return self.db return None def allow_relation(self, obj1, obj2, **hints): if obj1._meta.app_label == self.label and obj2._meta.app_label == self.label: return True if self.label not in [obj1._meta.app_label, obj2._meta.app_label]: return None return False def allow_migrate(self, db, app_label, model_name=None, **hints): if app_label == self.label: return db == self.db if db == self.db: return False return None }}} }}} when I run in the shell it works {{{ >>>python manage.py shell >>>from app_1.models import SomeModel >>>ob=SomeModel.objects.get(name='Some Name') >>>ob.get_absolute_url() app1/SomeModel/some-name }}} But when I click on view on site in the admin view I get {{{ OperationalError at /admin/r/18/1/ no such table: app_1_SomeModel }}} And I can see with Django-debug-toolbar that this is because it is connected to the default database instead of app_1_db. I have no other issues with routing in the admin app or elsewhere " Bug closed contrib.contenttypes 2.2 Normal duplicate Admin, Routers Accepted 0 0 0 0 0 0