Overriding __init__ might be a little shady, but you probably can get away with it if you use *args and **kwargs
On Sep 28, 1:45 pm, adj7388 <adj7...@gmail.com> wrote: > Django newbie issue. Just trying to understand. I'm setting up a > simple UserProfile class to link to User (as described in several > places in documentation). Here's what I have --- a simple example of > storing the user's website in a profile > > #In myapp/models.py > class UserProfile(models.Model): > def __init__(self, website='http://www.default.com'): > super(UserProfile, self).__init__() > self.website = website > user = models.ForeignKey(User, unique=True, > related_name="user_profile") <-- note related_name...see below > website = models.URLField() > > #In myproject/settings.py > AUTH_PROFILE_MODULE = "myapp.UserProfile" > > Now I create a empty db > run: python2.6 manage.py syncdb > All tables look good in postgres. > > Now in the python shell: > > Python 2.6.5 (r265:79063, May 12 2010, 10:28:19) > > >>> from django.contrib.auth.models import User > >>> from myapp.models import UserProfile > >>> u = User(username='testuser', password='shhhh') > >>> u.save() > >>> up = UserProfile(website='www.overridethesite.com') > >>> up.user=u > >>> up.save() > > So far so good > Over in Postgres, everything looks fine: > mydb=> select au.id as id, au.username, up.id as upid, up.user_id as > fk_userid, up.website from auth_user au join myapp_userprofile up on > (au.id=up.user_id); > id | username | upid | fk_userid | website > ------+----------+------+-----------+------------------------- > 2 | testuser | 1 | 2 |www.overridethesite.com > (1 row) > > Now back in the python shell, trying to use the profile from the user > obj: > > >>> u.user_profile.values() <--- works fine using the related_name I set in > >>> the UserProfile class > > [{'website': u'www.overridethesite.com', 'user_id': 2, 'id': 1}] > > ### But get_profile() fails: > > >>> myprofile = u.get_profile() > > Traceback (most recent call last): > File "<console>", line 1, in <module> > File "/home/myusername/webapps/django_boosters/lib/python2.6/django/ > contrib/auth/models.py", line 370, in get_profile > self._profile_cache = > model._default_manager.using(self._state.db).get(user__id__exact=self.id) > File "/home/myusername/webapps/django_boosters/lib/python2.6/django/ > db/models/query.py", line 336, in get > num = len(clone) > File "/home/myusername/webapps/django_boosters/lib/python2.6/django/ > db/models/query.py", line 81, in __len__ > self._result_cache = list(self.iterator()) > File "/home/myusername/webapps/django_boosters/lib/python2.6/django/ > db/models/query.py", line 282, in iterator > obj = self.model(*row[index_start:aggregate_start]) > TypeError: __init__() takes at most 2 arguments (4 given) > > Can anyone tell me what's going on, or what I'm doing wrong? Thanks in > advance. -- 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.
