Thanks for the reply. I'm working on the override. How to I affect a
model from the save of another model.
On Dec 9, 3:37 pm, Ilian Iliev <il...@i-n-i.org> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> you can overload the save method of Model1 in a way
> that it checks type and if it is machine, create two record in Model2.
>
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> On Thu, Dec 9, 2010 at 11:21 PM, Nick <nickt...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > I am working on a project in which I need to evaluate a field in one
> > model and based on its values add entries to another model. I don't
> > quite now how to succinctly put that into words which is why searching
> > for a solution has been so annoying.
>
> > Here is my example
>
> > Type_Choices = (
> > ('Person', 'Person'),
> > ('Machine', 'Machine'),
> > )
>
> > class Model1(models.Model):
> > type = models.CharField(max_length=100, choices=Type_Choices)
> > name = models.CharField(max_length=100)
>
> > class Model2(models.Model):
> > person_job = models.CharField()
> > machine_job = models.CharField()
>
> > what I'd like to do is evaluate type on Model 1 when and entry is
> > first created and then if it evaluates to Machine create two new
> > entries in Model2. One for machine_job = primary and one for
> > machine_job = secondary. I only want this to fire on the initial save
> > of the Model1 object.
>
> > Any help with actual code examples or ways of phrasing this so as not
> > to confuse google is appreciated.
>
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