Hai ! I have the following model and manager.
*class StateManager(models.Manager): def get_by_natural_key(self, name): return self.get(name=name)class State(models.Model): class Meta: verbose_name = "State" verbose_name_plural = "States" permissions = ( ('access_state', 'Can access States'), ) COUNTRIES = ( ('India', 'India'), ('USA', 'USA'), ('Thailand', 'Thailand'), ) # Managers objects = StateManager() # Database fields name = models.CharField( 'Name', max_length=100, unique=True, help_text=''' 100 chars max ''' ) code = models.CharField( 'Code', max_length=10, unique=True, help_text=''' 10 chars max ''', null=True, blank=True ) country = models.CharField( max_length=50, default="India", choices=COUNTRIES, blank=False, null=False ) def __str__(self): return self.name def natural_key(self): return self.name* -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- My fixture file is given below .... *[{ "model": "parties.state", "fields": { "name": "Andaman and Nicobar", "code": "AN", "country": "India" }},{ "model": "parties.state", "fields": { "name": "Andhra Pradesh", "code": "AP", "country": "India" }},{ "model": "parties.state", "fields": { "name": "Arunachal Pradesh", "code": "AR", "country": "India" }},{ "model": "parties.state", "fields": { "name": "Assam", "code": "AS", "country": "India" }},{ "model": "parties.state", "fields": { "name": "Bihar", "code": "BR", "country": "India" }},{ "model": "parties.state", "fields": { "name": "Chandigarh", "code": "CH", "country": "India" }},{ "model": "parties.state", "fields": { "name": "Chhattisgarh", "code": "CG", "country": "India" }},{ "model": "parties.state", "fields": { "name": "Dadra and Nagar Haveli", "code": "DN", "country": "India" }},{ "model": "parties.state", "fields": { "name": "Daman and Diu", "code": "DD", "country": "India" }},{ "model": "parties.state", "fields": { "name": "Delhi", "code": "DL", "country": "India" }},{ "model": "parties.state", "fields": { "name": "Goa", "code": "GA", "country": "India" }},{ "model": "parties.state", "fields": { "name": "Gujarat", "code": "GJ", "country": "India" }},{ "model": "parties.state", "fields": { "name": "Haryana", "code": "HR", "country": "India" }},{ "model": "parties.state", "fields": { "name": "Himachal Pradesh", "code": "HP", "country": "India" }},{ "model": "parties.state", "fields": { "name": "Jammu and Kashmir", "code": "JK", "country": "India" }},{ "model": "parties.state", "fields": { "name": "Jharkhand", "code": "JH", "country": "India" }},{ "model": "parties.state", "fields": { "name": "Karnataka", "code": "KA", "country": "India" }},{ "model": "parties.state", "fields": { "name": "Kerala", "code": "KL", "country": "India" }},{ "model": "parties.state", "fields": { "name": "Lakshdweep", "code": "LD", "country": "India" }},{ "model": "parties.state", "fields": { "name": "Madhya Pradesh", "code": "MP", "country": "India" }},{ "model": "parties.state", "fields": { "name": "Maharashtra", "code": "MH", "country": "India" }},{ "model": "parties.state", "fields": { "name": "Manipur", "code": "MN", "country": "India" }},{ "model": "parties.state", "fields": { "name": "Meghalaya", "code": "ML", "country": "India" }},{ "model": "parties.state", "fields": { "name": "Mizoram", "code": "MZ", "country": "India" }},{ "model": "parties.state", "fields": { "name": "Nagaland", "code": "NL", "country": "India" }},{ "model": "parties.state", "fields": { "name": "Odisha (Orissa)", "code": "OD", "country": "India" }},{ "model": "parties.state", "fields": { "name": "Puducherry (Pondicherry)", "code": "PY", "country": "India" }},{ "model": "parties.state", "fields": { "name": "Punjab", "code": "PB", "country": "India" }},{ "model": "parties.state", "fields": { "name": "Rajasthan", "code": "RJ", "country": "India" }},{ "model": "parties.state", "fields": { "name": "Sikkim", "code": "SK", "country": "India" }},{ "model": "parties.state", "fields": { "name": "Tamil Nadu", "code": "TN", "country": "India" }},{ "model": "parties.state", "fields": { "name": "Tripura", "code": "TR", "country": "India" }},{ "model": "parties.state", "fields": { "name": "Uttar Pradesh", "code": "UP", "country": "India" }},{ "model": "parties.state", "fields": { "name": "Uttarakhand", "code": "UK", "country": "India" }},{ "model": "parties.state", "fields": { "name": "West Bengal", "code": "WB", "country": "India" }},{ "model": "parties.state", "fields": { "name": "Telangana", "code": "TL", "country": "India" }}]* ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- I've earlier dumped the data to a fixture file. But when I am trying to load the fixture now, I am getting the following error ... *Traceback (most recent call last): File "/home/parijath/Projects/virtualenv/django18/lib/python3.4/site-packages/django/core/serializers/json.py", line 79, in Deserializer for obj in PythonDeserializer(objects, **options): File "/home/parijath/Projects/virtualenv/django18/lib/python3.4/site-packages/django/core/serializers/python.py", line 157, in Deserializer obj = base.build_instance(Model, data, db) File "/home/parijath/Projects/virtualenv/django18/lib/python3.4/site-packages/django/core/serializers/base.py", line 195, in build_instance obj.pk = Model._default_manager.db_manager(db).get_by_natural_key(*natural_key).pkTypeError: get_by_natural_key() takes 2 positional arguments but 20 were givenDuring handling of the above exception, another exception occurred:Traceback (most recent call last): File "manage.py", line 10, in <module> execute_from_command_line(sys.argv) File "/home/parijath/Projects/virtualenv/django18/lib/python3.4/site-packages/django/core/management/__init__.py", line 354, in execute_from_command_line utility.execute() File "/home/parijath/Projects/virtualenv/django18/lib/python3.4/site-packages/django/core/management/__init__.py", line 346, in execute self.fetch_command(subcommand).run_from_argv(self.argv) File "/home/parijath/Projects/virtualenv/django18/lib/python3.4/site-packages/django/core/management/base.py", line 394, in run_from_argv self.execute(*args, **cmd_options) File "/home/parijath/Projects/virtualenv/django18/lib/python3.4/site-packages/django/core/management/base.py", line 445, in execute output = self.handle(*args, **options) File "/home/parijath/Projects/virtualenv/django18/lib/python3.4/site-packages/django/core/management/commands/loaddata.py", line 60, in handle self.loaddata(fixture_labels) File "/home/parijath/Projects/virtualenv/django18/lib/python3.4/site-packages/django/core/management/commands/loaddata.py", line 100, in loaddata self.load_label(fixture_label) File "/home/parijath/Projects/virtualenv/django18/lib/python3.4/site-packages/django/core/management/commands/loaddata.py", line 151, in load_label for obj in objects: File "/home/parijath/Projects/virtualenv/django18/lib/python3.4/site-packages/django/core/serializers/json.py", line 85, in Deserializer six.reraise(DeserializationError, DeserializationError(e), sys.exc_info()[2]) File "/home/parijath/Projects/virtualenv/django18/lib/python3.4/site-packages/django/utils/six.py", line 685, in reraise raise value.with_traceback(tb) File "/home/parijath/Projects/virtualenv/django18/lib/python3.4/site-packages/django/core/serializers/json.py", line 79, in Deserializer for obj in PythonDeserializer(objects, **options): File "/home/parijath/Projects/virtualenv/django18/lib/python3.4/site-packages/django/core/serializers/python.py", line 157, in Deserializer obj = base.build_instance(Model, data, db) File "/home/parijath/Projects/virtualenv/django18/lib/python3.4/site-packages/django/core/serializers/base.py", line 195, in build_instance obj.pk = Model._default_manager.db_manager(db).get_by_natural_key(*natural_key).pkdjango.core.serializers.base.DeserializationError: Problem installing fixture '/home/parijath/Projects/django_projects/webportal18_multipleapps/parties/fixtures/states.json': get_by_natural_key() takes 2 positional arguments but 20 were given-------------------------------------------------------------------------*Pl help. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Django users" group. 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