Wow. Legend! That's so much Annsi. On 29 February 2012 18:00, Babatunde Akinyanmi <tundeba...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Yes, they definitely will. > > On 2/28/12, akaariai <akaar...@gmail.com> wrote: > > On Feb 28, 11:35 pm, Mario Gudelj <mario.gud...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> Hi list, > >> > >> I was wandering if someone could recomend an easy django app for logging > >> user actions performed on models. I'd like to log changes logged in > users > >> make around the app. > > > > I think there are some apps out there. The first question however is > > do you want to log "user a changed object b" or do you need an audit > > trail also, that is do you need to have the information of user a > > changed object b's field c from value "foo" to value "bar". > > > > I really am not the one to tell you which app is the correct one. I > > usually have a small create_log_entry() method for creating entries > > for modifications, and database triggers for the audit trail. The > > create_log_entry is often the right way to go, as more often than not > > I want to set all changes to the "main" record. That is, if somebody > > changes an article's attachment, it is the article that needs to have > > the changed log entry, not the attachment. > > > > The log entry model is something like this: > > class LogEntry(object): > > to_pk = models.IntegerField() #lets assume you are working only > > with integer primary keys > > to_type = models.CharField(max_length=40, choices=(('article', > > 'Article'), ...)) > > mod_type = choices "INSERT/UPDATE/DELETE" > > who = FK(user) > > what = models.TextField() # A "comment" for the edit > > when = models.DateTimeField() > > @classmethod > > def create_log_entry(cls, to_obj, edit_type, user, what_done): > > ... > > > > Combined with database-level triggers you can get a good audit trail. > > I have some scripts to ease maintain the DB triggers for PostgreSQL > > when using Django. I hope I will have some time to polish them for > > release, I believe they could be some use for the community. > > > > - Anssi > > > > -- > > 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. > > > > > > -- > Sent from my mobile device > > -- > 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.