Good question. According to the dumpdata docs, the available formats are here:
http://docs.djangoproject.com/en/1.2/topics/serialization/#serialization-formats And 'python' does indeed show in that list. However, that page does mention that the 'python' version serves as a base for other formats and isn't really useful on its own. So maybe that's why it's not supported in dumpdata. Is there any reason you'd want it dumped as Python objects? It seems that it really would be very difficult to work with in that state, if you consider the "document" format you get from JSON or XML versus a pile of lists and dictionaries. Plus, as far as I can tell, the only purpose of dumpdata is to later run loaddata or use the files as test fixtures. Also, read the whole page of the link above (not just the anchor provided), and see if Django's serialization (via the serialize and deserialize methods) will allow you to manipulate the data for your purposes. Shawn -- 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.
