On Wed, 2007-10-31 at 16:56 +0000, Dan Ellis wrote: > I have a model that contains a field, severity, that is a ForeignKey. > When I create a new instance, I'd like that field to have the id of > the Severity instance with the name 'Low'. What is the best way to do > this? Putting default=1 in the model breaks encapsulation. I could > manually set it to Severity.objects.get(name="Low").id in the view > that creates it, which is a bit better, but not much. > > What's the right thing to do?
Set it in your model's save() method. Regards, Malcolm -- Telepath required. You know where to apply... http://www.pointy-stick.com/blog/ --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
