On Sun, Mar 9, 2008 at 5:51 PM, Nick Day <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I have a model with several fields, some of which are ImageFields. To > help prevent files overwriting others (if they are uploaded with the > same name), and for organisational reasons, I would like to upload the > images to a folder using the ID of the record. For example - I'm > adding a record with an autogenerated primary key ID of "12" - so I > would like my photos to be uploaded to "/media/12/" when I click the > Save button for that record.
The answer to what you're asking is a fairly complicated process taht requires hitting the database twice: once to get the ID, and again to write the new filename. But since your end goal is simply to avoid overwriting files, I think there's an easier solution: by default, Django doesn't overwrite files. Instead, if it finds a filename already exists, it adds an underscore (_) to the end of the new filename until it finds one that's available, then it uses that. Of course, you also say it's "for organisational reasons," so you may still want to use some other method. If the underscore method Django already uses doesn't meet your needs, there are a few ways to go about it, depending on how your model is defined. -Gul --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
