[1.8.x] Fixed #24177 -- Added documentation about database view support in inspectdb

Backport of bd691f4586 from master

docs/ref/django-admin.txt

@@ -352,17 +352,17 @@ inspectdb
 
 .. django-admin:: inspectdb
 
-Introspects the database tables in the database pointed-to by the
+Introspects the database tables and views in the database pointed-to by the
 :setting:`NAME` setting and outputs a Django model module (a ``models.py``
 file) to standard output.
 
 Use this if you have a legacy database with which you'd like to use Django.
-The script will inspect the database and create a model for each table within
-it.
+The script will inspect the database and create a model for each table or view
+within it.
 
 As you might expect, the created models will have an attribute for every field
-in the table. Note that ``inspectdb`` has a few special cases in its field-name
-output:
+in the table or view. Note that ``inspectdb`` has a few special cases in its
+field-name output:
 
 * If ``inspectdb`` cannot map a column's type to a model field type, it'll
   use ``TextField`` and will insert the Python comment
@@ -405,6 +405,11 @@ it because ``True`` is its default value).
 The :djadminopt:`--database` option may be used to specify the
 database to introspect.
 
+.. versionadded:: 1.8
+
+    A feature to inspect database views was added. In previous versions, only
+    tables (not views) were inspected.
+
 loaddata <fixture fixture ...>
 ------------------------------
 

docs/releases/1.8.txt

@@ -415,6 +415,9 @@ Management Commands
   introspect :class:`~django.db.models.AutoField` for MySQL and PostgreSQL
   databases.
 
+* :djadmin:`inspectdb` now introspects database views on all database backends.
+  In previous versions, only tables (not views) were inspected.
+
 * When calling management commands from code through :ref:`call_command
   <call-command>` and passing options, the option name can match the command
   line option name (without the initial dashes) or the final option destination