hello, it would be easier to help if you provided your modes. are you missing this: http://docs.djangoproject.com/en/dev/ref/models/relations/#ref-models-relations
for example: >>> b = Blog.objects.get(id=1) >>> e = b.entry_set.create( ... headline='Hello', ... body_text='Hi', ... pub_date=datetime.date(2005, 1, 1) ... ) On Apr 29, 2:16 am, "Robinson B. Heath" <t...@edenicconfluence.com> wrote: > I believe I have done my due diligence, but point me in the right direction > if I am missing something. > > I am working on a generic importing engine to import various file > formats(csv, fixed length, etc) into django models based on json formatted > file definitions. It needs to do something like the following, which I have > actually tried in the shell. > > zone_type = ZoneType() > zone_type.name = 'GrowthArea' > … > zone = Zone() > zone.type = zone_type > zone.name = 'TX-Region12' > > #-save starts here > zone.save() > #-save ends here > > Is this supposed to work? > > I have also tried: > > #-save starts here > zone_type.save() > zone.save() > #-save ends here > > Both report that the foreign key field is null such as: " null value in > column "type_id" violates not-null constraint". > > This does work: > > #-save starts here > zone_type.save() > zone.type = zone_type > zone.save() > #-save ends here > > as does this: > > #-save starts here > z.type.save() > z.type = z.type > z.save() > #-save ends here > > I could do something like the last example in my code, but I'd rather not. > It seems like this would be simple to do inside the model save logic. Am I > missing something? > > Thanks. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Django users" group. > To post to this group, send email to django-us...@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > django-users+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit this group > athttp://groups.google.com/group/django-users?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Django users" group. To post to this group, send email to django-us...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to django-users+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/django-users?hl=en.
