Ran 'CREATE EXTENSION postgis' during prepare_database hook

DatabaseWrapper.prepare_database has been introduced in 307de67073.

django/contrib/gis/db/backends/postgis/base.py

@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+from django.conf import settings
 from django.db.backends.creation import NO_DB_ALIAS
 from django.db.backends.postgresql_psycopg2.base import (
     DatabaseWrapper as Psycopg2DatabaseWrapper,
@@ -8,6 +9,7 @@ from django.contrib.gis.db.backends.postgis.creation import PostGISCreation
 from django.contrib.gis.db.backends.postgis.introspection import PostGISIntrospection
 from django.contrib.gis.db.backends.postgis.operations import PostGISOperations
 from django.contrib.gis.db.backends.postgis.schema import PostGISSchemaEditor
+from django.utils.functional import cached_property
 
 
 class DatabaseFeatures(BaseSpatialFeatures, Psycopg2DatabaseFeatures):
@@ -25,3 +27,20 @@ class DatabaseWrapper(Psycopg2DatabaseWrapper):
             self.creation = PostGISCreation(self)
             self.ops = PostGISOperations(self)
             self.introspection = PostGISIntrospection(self)
+
+    @cached_property
+    def template_postgis(self):
+        template_postgis = getattr(settings, 'POSTGIS_TEMPLATE', 'template_postgis')
+        with self.cursor() as cursor:
+            cursor.execute('SELECT 1 FROM pg_database WHERE datname = %s LIMIT 1;', (template_postgis,))
+            if cursor.fetchone():
+                return template_postgis
+        return None
+
+    def prepare_database(self):
+        super(DatabaseWrapper, self).prepare_database()
+        if self.template_postgis is None:
+            # Check that postgis extension is installed on PostGIS >= 2
+            with self.cursor() as cursor:
+                cursor.execute("CREATE EXTENSION IF NOT EXISTS postgis")
+                cursor.connection.commit()

django/contrib/gis/db/backends/postgis/creation.py

@@ -1,6 +1,4 @@
-from django.conf import settings
 from django.db.backends.postgresql_psycopg2.creation import DatabaseCreation
-from django.utils.functional import cached_property
 
 
 class PostGISCreation(DatabaseCreation):
@@ -8,15 +6,6 @@ class PostGISCreation(DatabaseCreation):
     geom_index_ops = 'GIST_GEOMETRY_OPS'
     geom_index_ops_nd = 'GIST_GEOMETRY_OPS_ND'
 
-    @cached_property
-    def template_postgis(self):
-        template_postgis = getattr(settings, 'POSTGIS_TEMPLATE', 'template_postgis')
-        with self.connection.cursor() as cursor:
-            cursor.execute('SELECT 1 FROM pg_database WHERE datname = %s LIMIT 1;', (template_postgis,))
-            if cursor.fetchone():
-                return template_postgis
-        return None
-
     def sql_indexes_for_field(self, model, f, style):
         "Return any spatial index creation SQL for the field."
         from django.contrib.gis.db.models.fields import GeometryField
@@ -77,21 +66,7 @@ class PostGISCreation(DatabaseCreation):
         return output
 
     def sql_table_creation_suffix(self):
-        if self.template_postgis is not None:
+        if self.connection.template_postgis is not None:
             return ' TEMPLATE %s' % (
-                self.connection.ops.quote_name(self.template_postgis),)
+                self.connection.ops.quote_name(self.connection.template_postgis),)
         return ''
-
-    def _create_test_db(self, verbosity, autoclobber, keepdb=False):
-        test_database_name = super(PostGISCreation, self)._create_test_db(verbosity, autoclobber, keepdb)
-        if keepdb:
-            return test_database_name
-        if self.template_postgis is None:
-            # Connect to the test database in order to create the postgis extension
-            self.connection.close()
-            self.connection.settings_dict["NAME"] = test_database_name
-            with self.connection.cursor() as cursor:
-                cursor.execute("CREATE EXTENSION IF NOT EXISTS postgis")
-                cursor.connection.commit()
-
-        return test_database_name

docs/ref/contrib/gis/install/postgis.txt

@@ -68,6 +68,12 @@ spatial functionality::
 No PostGIS topology functionalities are yet available from GeoDjango, so the
 creation of the ``postgis_topology`` extension is entirely optional.
 
+.. versionchanged:: 1.8
+
+    The ``CREATE EXTENSION postgis`` command is now automatically run during
+    the :djadmin:`migrate` process. You can still create it manually if you
+    wish.
+
 .. _spatialdb_template_earlier:
 
 Creating a spatial database template for earlier versions

docs/releases/1.8.txt

@@ -135,6 +135,10 @@ Minor features
 * The Spatialite backend now supports ``Collect`` and ``Extent`` aggregates
   when the database version is 3.0 or later.
 
+* The PostGIS 2 ``CREATE EXTENSION postgis`` and the Spatialite
+  ``SELECT InitSpatialMetaData`` initialization commands are now automatically
+  run by :djadmin:`migrate`.
+
 * Compatibility shims for ``SpatialRefSys`` and ``GeometryColumns`` changed in
   Django 1.2 have been removed.