1 files changed, 1 insertions, 15 deletions
diff --git a/askbot/migrations/0001_initial.py b/askbot/migrations/0001_initial.py
index ec119f92..d11c8f2f 100644
--- a/askbot/migrations/0001_initial.py
+++ b/askbot/migrations/0001_initial.py
@@ -4,24 +4,10 @@ import datetime
 from south.db import db
 from south.v2 import SchemaMigration
 from django.db import models
+from askbot.migrations_api import safe_add_column
 
 app_dir_name = os.path.basename(os.path.dirname(os.path.dirname(__file__)))
 
-def safe_add_column(table, column, column_data, keep_default = False):
-    """when user calls syncdb with askbot the first time
-    the auth_user table will be created together with the patched columns
-    so, we need to add these columns here in separate transactions
-    and roll back if they fail, if we want we could also record - which columns clash
-    """
-    try:
-        db.start_transaction()
-        db.add_column(table, column, column_data, keep_default = keep_default)
-        db.commit_transaction()
-        return True
-    except:
-        db.rollback_transaction()
-        return False
-
 class Migration(SchemaMigration):
     
     def forwards(self, orm):