this works for me: if getattr(model_instance, 'id', None) is None: model_instance.created_by = whatever
On Jul 13, 1:28 pm, "Lic. José M. Rodriguez Bacallao" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi, I got a little problem. I need to store in a model the first user who > created it (created_by) and the user who last modified it > (last_modified_by). So, with the second one, there is no problem, every time > a user save the object, the pre_save signal is dispatched and I catch it so > I can set the "last_modified_by" field to current user but, right there, I > need to set the "created_by" field and I don't know how to do it, my > algorithm is pretty simple: > > if model_instance.created_by is not set: > set model_instance.created_by to current user > . > . > . > continues with save > > the problem here is how to know if model_instance.created_by field is set or > not, I think that it can be known if a can figure out if save method is > going to insert or update, but, how I know it? > > -- > Lic. José M. Rodriguez Bacallao > Cupet > ----------------------------------------------------------------- > Todos somos muy ignorantes, lo que ocurre es que no todos ignoramos lo > mismo. > > Recuerda: El arca de Noe fue construida por aficionados, el titanic por > profesionales > ----------------------------------------------------------------- --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
