On Fri, 2007-03-30 at 20:34 +0000, drackett wrote: > If I have multiple items that I want to use a common model, is there a > way to do this? currently I have: > > class Link(models.Model): > author = models.ForeignKey(User) > link = URLField() > description = TextField(blank=True) > entry_date = models.DateTimeField(default=datetime.now) > > class Picture(models.Model): > author = models.ForeignKey(User) > link = URLField() > description = TextField(blank=True) > entry_date = models.DateTimeField(default=datetime.now) > > class Movie(models.Model): > author = models.ForeignKey(User) > link = URLField() > description = TextField(blank=True) > entry_date = models.DateTimeField(default=datetime.now) > > and what I would like is the fields above to be common. I will be > adding unique fields to each of these items as well, but would like to > be able, in the future, to add or remove one of these common fields > easily.
"Real soon now" (before 1.0), model inheritance will work. Until then, put the common stuff into it's own model and use a OneToOne field from each of the derived models to point to the common stuff. Regards, Malcolm --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
