How to reset db in Django? I get a command 'reset' not found error

Similar to LisaD's answer, Django Extensions has a great reset_db command that totally drops everything, instead of just truncating the tables like "flush" does.

python ./manage.py reset_db

Merely flushing the tables wasn't fixing a persistent error that occurred when I was deleting objects. Doing a reset_db fixed the problem.

It looks like the 'flush' answer will work for some, but not all cases. I needed not just to flush the values in the database, but to recreate the tables properly. I'm not using migrations yet (early days) so I really needed to drop all the tables.

Two ways I've found to drop all tables, both require something other than core django.

If you're on Heroku, drop all the tables with pg:reset:

heroku pg:reset DATABASE_URL
heroku run python manage.py syncdb

If you can install Django Extensions, it has a way to do a complete reset:

python ./manage.py reset_db --router=default

reset has been replaced by flush with Django 1.5, see:

python manage.py help flush