You could probably consider using post_save signals and make things a bit little more generic.
On Wed, Aug 10, 2011 at 1:38 PM, Mike Dewhirst <mi...@dewhirst.com.au>wrote: > I want to update a history record whenever a particular record changes. > > Is it reasonable to call a method from within the save method of a model to > go off and do the work? > > def updatehistory(recordx): > """ if HistoryX doesn't exist, insert it so the RecordX > author can add commentary. Also, add to the story with > changed values from recordx every time RecordX.save() """ > pass > > class RecordX(models.Model): > ... various fields including 'ancestor' ... > def save(self, **kwargs): > super(RecordX, self).save(**kwargs) > updatehistory(self) > > class HistoryX(models.Model): > relation = models.OneToOneField(RecordX, to_field='ancestor') > story = models.TextField() > > > Is there a better way? > > Thanks > > Mike > > -- > 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+unsubscribe@** > googlegroups.com <django-users%2bunsubscr...@googlegroups.com>. > For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/** > group/django-users?hl=en<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.
