Great, works nicely. I would have a follow-up question though :)
What about QuerySets? Could I do: p = Poll.objects.get(viewer=request.user,pk=poll_id) and get that viewer parameter passed via QuerySet to the model? Thanks, Sebastjan On 5/29/07, Malcolm Tredinnick <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hi Sebastjan, > > On Tue, 2007-05-29 at 11:37 +0200, Sebastjan Trepca wrote: > > Hi, > > > > I would like to create a custom abstract field for a model. This field > > shouldn't affect the database, it should only be used for passing > > variables. > > I need to get "request.user" when "post_init" signal is fired. So I > > was thinking about something like this: > > > > Creating a model in view > > > > > n = Poll(viewer=request.user,pk=poll_id) > > > > (Viewer field should also be a required field.) > > > > and then when post_init fires, you basically check: > > > if instance.viewer is not in allowed_users: raise Forbidden() > > > > Any tips on how to create this kind of field or maybe any other solutions? > > Have a look at > http://www.djangoproject.com/documentation/models/properties/ . > > You can see there that it is possible to create a property on a model > that has a "setter", so that you can use that as a keyword argument in > the model's initialisation. That setter can obviously do anything you > like -- it need not be related to setting database fields. So that might > be a solution to your problem. > > The Model.__init__ function already knows to look out for keyword > arguments that correspond to those sort of properties, so this probably > solves your problem. > > 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
