read about autofill_now=True and autofill=True On Thu, Jun 17, 2010 at 8:14 AM, Sheena <sheena.oconn...@gmail.com> wrote:
> I've defined a number of models, one of which I've called > MemberProfile that looks like this > > class MemberProfile(models.Model): > postal_addr1=models.CharField(max_length=50, verbose_name="postal > address line 1") > postal_addr2=models.CharField(max_length=50, verbose_name="postal > address line 2") > postal_addr3=models.CharField(max_length=50, verbose_name="postal > address line 3") > postalcode=models.CharField(max_length=4, verbose_name="postal > code") > res_addr1=models.CharField(max_length=50, > verbose_name="residential address line 1") > res_addr2=models.CharField(max_length=50, > verbose_name="residential address line 2") > res_addr3=models.CharField(max_length=50, > verbose_name="residential address line 3") > rescode=models.CharField(max_length=4, verbose_name="residential > postal code") > homeno=models.CharField(max_length=12, verbose_name="home number") > workno=models.CharField(max_length=12, verbose_name="work number") > cellno=models.CharField(max_length=12, unique=True, > verbose_name="cellphone number") > idno=models.CharField(max_length=13, unique=True, verbose_name="id > or passport number") > occu=models.CharField(max_length=15, verbose_name="occupation") > employer=models.CharField(max_length=30) > amount_paid=models.IntegerField(blank=True, null=True, > help_text="total fees paid to date", verbose_name="total reciepts") > reciept_no=models.IntegerField(blank=True, null=True, > help_text="latest reciept number", verbose_name="reciept number") > dob=models.DateField(verbose_name="date of birth") > start_date=models.DateField() > expire_date=models.DateField() > captured_by=models.CharField(max_length=50, help_text="name of > data capturer") > photo=models.ImageField(upload_to="memberphotos", null=True, > blank=True) > permission=models.CharField(max_length=1, > choices=PERMISSION_CHOICES, help_text="Administration level, if the > user is a superuser this field has no effect") > user=models.ForeignKey(User,unique=True,related_name="member", > editable=False) > branch=models.ForeignKey(Branch,related_name="member", null=True) > > def create_member(self,username,email,password): > m=MemberProfile() > > > m.user=User.objects.create_user(username=username,email=email,password=password) > return m > > def __unicode__(self): > return self.user.username > > def save(self,*args,**kwargs): > if not self.start_date: > self.start_date=models.DateField(datetime.date.today()) > year=timedelta(days=365) > self.expire_date=models.DateField(datetime.date.today() > +year) > super(MemberProfile, self).save(self,*args,**kwargs) > > > I then wrote a method called populate just to test the database out > and it is pretty friendly until I get this: > > Traceback (most recent call last): > File "<console>", line 1, in <module> > File "/host/Shared info/MyDBA/MyMembers/populate.py", line 114, in > populate > m1.save() > File "/host/Shared info/MyDBA/MyMembers/../MyMembers/chiefs/ > models.py", line 115, in save > super(MemberProfile, self).save(self,*args,**kwargs) > File "/usr/lib/pymodules/python2.6/django/db/models/base.py", line > 410, in save > self.save_base(force_insert=force_insert, > force_update=force_update) > File "/usr/lib/pymodules/python2.6/django/db/models/base.py", line > 483, in save_base > values = [(f, f.get_db_prep_save(raw and getattr(self, f.attname) > or f.pre_save(self, True))) for f in meta.local_fields if not > isinstance(f, AutoField)] > File "/usr/lib/pymodules/python2.6/django/db/models/fields/ > __init__.py", line 192, in get_db_prep_save > return self.get_db_prep_value(value) > File "/usr/lib/pymodules/python2.6/django/db/models/fields/ > __init__.py", line 511, in get_db_prep_value > return connection.ops.value_to_db_date(self.to_python(value)) > File "/usr/lib/pymodules/python2.6/django/db/models/fields/ > __init__.py", line 472, in to_python > if not ansi_date_re.search(value): > TypeError: expected string or buffer > > m1 is an instance of MemberProfile... > > The error goes away if I comment out everything to do with > DateField... > Am I doing something retarded? As far as I can see I'm populating the > fields the right way... > > Any help would be greatly appreciated > > -- > 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<django-users%2bunsubscr...@googlegroups.com> > . > For more options, visit this group at > http://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.
