'from django.db import models' means that from the django.db
namespace, import the models module.
If it had been 'from django.db.models import *' then you can write:
class Publisher(Model):
name = CharField(max_length = 30)
...because you've actually imported all of the objects _under_ the
django.db.models namespace.
A better explanation than I can give about modules is in the Python
tutorial at http://www.python.org/doc/2.0.1/tut/node8.html
Hopefully that helps,
Eric Florenzano
On Dec 27, 1:55 pm, "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I am looking for an explanation of what "from django.db import models"
> does.
> In the django book, there is an example like this:
>
> from django.db import models
>
> class Publisher(models.Model):
> name = models.CharField(maxlength = 30)
> .....
>
> I thought that by "from django.db import models" I am importing
> everything, including Model.py, in the django.db.models directory; and
> a Model.py which includes CharField() method is in this models
> directory. But, there is no "Model.py" in the models directory. I
> found the "Model" class in the base.py file, but Model class does not
> have a "CharField()" method.
>
> Can someone explain what is happening in the code snippet above?
>
> Thanks in advance.
>
> YJ
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