It seems that the most obvious way would be to alter _save_FIELD_file in django/db/models/base.py ~ line 335.
Relatively trivial patch, you'd just need to add an accumulator to the while loop, afaict. Naturally there may be horrid consequences I haven't thought of ;) Cheers, ~ol On 12/13/06, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Hi. > > I'm using ImageFields in my portal application and allowing people to > upload their photos. > Since digital camera software creates rather predictable file names, > I've now got loads of files like this: > PICT0006.JPG > PICT0006_.JPG > PICT0006_.jpg > PICT0006__.JPG > PICT0006__.jpg > PICT0006___.JPG > PICT0006____.JPG > PICT0006_____.JPG > PICT0006______.JPG > PICT0006_______.JPG > PICT0006________.JPG > PICT0006_________.JPG > PICT0006__________.JPG > PICT0006___________.JPG > and It's only going to get worse as time progresses. > Since the file names are being used in URLs, these URLs are becoming > more and more wierd. > > How would I go about changing my ImageFields to start appending > _1 > _2 > _3 > and so on until the filename is unique? > > So that in the above example I'd have > PICT0006_.1JPG > PICT0006_.2JPG > PICT0006_.3JPG > PICT0006_.4JPG > ... and so on, which is infinitely more legible. > > Thanks for your help, > > Daniel > > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/django-users?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
