Multiple Databases

Settings.py

DATABASES = {
    'default': {
        'ENGINE': 'django.db.backends.mysql',
        'NAME': 'emoji_utf8',
        'USER': 'root',
        'PASSWORD': '',
    },
    'utf8mb4': {
        'ENGINE': 'django.db.backends.mysql',
        'NAME': 'emoji_utf8mb4',
        'USER': 'root',
        'PASSWORD': '',
        'OPTIONS': {
            'charset': 'utf8mb4',
        },
    }
}

Syncdb

python manage.py syncdb # default
python manage.py syncdb --database='utf8mb4' # set to syncdb utf8mb4

South

python manage.py migrate --database=utf8mb4

Using

models.objects.using('utf8mb4').filter()