I may se the formating incorrectly (on a phone) but it looks like your save() method does nothing if self.pk already exists (i.e. model is not new)
HTH Jirka -----Original Message----- From: Lachlan Musicman <data...@gmail.com> Sender: django-users@googlegroups.com Date: Tue, 27 Nov 2012 11:07:42 To: <django-users@googlegroups.com> Reply-To: django-users@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: Confused about model save/update On Tue, Nov 27, 2012 at 11:00 AM, <jirka.vejra...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi there, > > a long shot since you have not provided your save() method. Are you calling > super() there? Jirka, yes I am, but it's only been modified to set the slug: def save(self, *args, **kwargs): if not self.pk: super(Applicant, self).save(*args, **kwargs) # Call the first save() method to get pk self.slug = slugify(str(self)) super(Applicant, self).save(*args, **kwargs) # Call the "real" save() method. Cheers L. > > Cheers > > Jirka > > -----Original Message----- > From: Lachlan Musicman <data...@gmail.com> > Sender: django-users@googlegroups.com > Date: Tue, 27 Nov 2012 10:14:03 > To: <django-users@googlegroups.com> > Reply-To: django-users@googlegroups.com > Subject: Confused about model save/update > > Hi > > Sorry about the last email - fat fingered it. > > For some reason I can't get the model.save() method to actually save > the data I want it to. I have tried using both save() and > save(force_update=True) without any joy. > > I have the following model: > > class Applicant(model.Models): > ... > successful = NullBooleanField() > ... > > def mark_successful(self): > self.successful = 0 > self.last_change_by = request.user > #self.save(force_update=True) > self.save() > > def mark_successful(self): > self.successful = 1 > self.last_change_by = request.user > self.save(force_update=True) > self.save() > > > I call these functions from the admin interface, via admin.py: > > class ApplicantAdmin(admin.ModelAdmin): > ... > actions = ['mark_successful', 'mark_unsuccessful'] > ... > > def mark_unsuccessful(self, request, queryset): > '''Marks a group of applicants as unsuccessful''' > rows_updated = 0 > for applicant in queryset: > applicant.mark_unsuccessful(request) > rows_updated += 1 > > if rows_updated == 1: > message_bit = "1 applicant was" > else: > message_bit = "%s applicants were" % rows_updated > self.message_user(request, "%s marked unsuccessful." % message_bit) > > > > Can anyone see what's going wrong? > > cheers > L. > > -- > ...we look at the present day through a rear-view mirror. This is > something Marshall McLuhan said back in the Sixties, when the world > was in the grip of authentic-seeming future narratives. He said, “We > look at the present through a rear-view mirror. We march backwards > into the future.” > > http://www.warrenellis.com/?p=14314 > > -- > 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. > -- ...we look at the present day through a rear-view mirror. This is something Marshall McLuhan said back in the Sixties, when the world was in the grip of authentic-seeming future narratives. He said, “We look at the present through a rear-view mirror. We march backwards into the future.” http://www.warrenellis.com/?p=14314 -- 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.