Okay, thanks. This is really helpful. I am having trouble calling get_profile() from within my profile.html template, though. Here is my stack trace:
http://dpaste.com/566583/ I tried calling get_profile without the (), which got rid of the error, but no data showed up. On Jul 11, 10:15 am, Andre Terra <andrete...@gmail.com> wrote: > All you have to do is add the following code to your models.py (or any other > module that gets loaded by django, for that matter): > > # models.py > from django.db.models import signals > > def create_user_profile(sender, instance, created, **kwargs): > if created: > UserProfile.objects.create(user=instance) > > signals.post_save.connect(create_user_profile, sender=User) > > (assuming your profile model is called UserProfile, of course). > > When django loads models.py, it will call that connect() method which in > turn makes create_user_profile get called every time the sender model (User) > is saved (hence the 'post_save'). > > More on this athttps://docs.djangoproject.com/en/dev/ref/signals/ > > Cheers, > André Terra > > > > > > > > On Mon, Jul 11, 2011 at 2:09 PM, Brent <brentba...@gmail.com> wrote: > > I am having trouble with this line of the tutorial: "You need to > > register a handler for the signal django.db.models.signals.post_save > > on the User model, and, in the handler, if created=True, create the > > associated user profile." > > > It seems I need to edit the User model. I am confused, though, because > > I am using the User model included in django.contrib, and I am very > > hesitant to edit files that are not in my project directory. > > > Is this bad design to be using a mix of things I've written on my own, > > and things that were already included in Django? (i.e. should I write > > everything from scratch?) > > > Thanks. > > > On Jul 11, 9:54 am, Michał Sawicz <mic...@sawicz.net> wrote: > > > Dnia 2011-07-11, pon o godzinie 09:48 -0700, Brent pisze: > > > > > How do I use a foreign key, though? In other words, how do I tell my > > > > code to look at UserProfile rather than just user? > > > >https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/1.3/topics/auth/#storing-additional... > > > > -- > > > Michał (Saviq) Sawicz <mic...@sawicz.net> > > > > signature.asc > > > < 1KViewDownload > > > -- > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > > "Django users" group. > > To post to this group, send email to django-users@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. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Django users" group. To post to this group, send email to django-users@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.
