hello, but model.py is imported it as any module. what prevents you from just having it on the PYTHONPATH and not necessarily in the application directory?
may be i misunderstood the question... konstantin On Mar 12, 9:37 pm, "Mark Engelberg" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > So I've got several applications which share the same model/view > structure. I have kept the applications separate because conceptually > I want them separate in the admin interface, I want them to store > their respective info in separate tables in the database, and most > importantly, I want to retain the ability to tweak one without > affecting the others if it becomes necessary at a later time. > > But for now, they are all identical, and I want to avoid duplicating > the model/view code. I think I understand how to keep the view code > in one place, routing the URLs from all the apps to the same views.py > and templates. > > However, it is less clear how to avoid duplicating the models. It > appears that to install an app, you need to have a unique subdirectory > with its own model.py. I tried having a fairly empty model.py that > merely imports everything from a master "model.py", but Django doesn't > seem to see the imported models (for example, syncdb doesn't seem to > be aware of the imported models). I'm thinking that on Unix, it might > be possible to set up a symbolic link to a master model.py, so it > appears that there are multiple model.py files (one in each app > directory), but in fact, there is only one. However, I'm testing this > on a Windows machine before deploying it, so I'd like to find a > solution that also works under Windows. > > Any suggestions? > > Thanks, > > Mark --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
