OK. I've seen both those sections --- so Django doesn't expect a foreign key to be an integer? For some reason, I thought Django would expect an integer even if you used the to_field argument when you used foreign key.
On Jun 23, 1:44 pm, "Norman Harman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > skins96 wrote: > > Hi, > > > I'm a noob who is struggling with understanding how Django might work > > with legacy data. > > > It seems Django's foreign keys rely on having an integer in both the > > parent and child table. However, we get a lot of data where what's > > needed is a join based on characters. For instance, "wht" in the > > parent table would correspond to "wht" in the child table, which then > > has a description field that might have, say, "white" in this > > instance. > > > I've looked through tons of documentation, both the Sam's book and the > > DjangoBook, but can't seem to find anything that addresses this. I've > > also tried to look through the archives. Can anyone offer advice? > > > I guess to be more to the point, I'm trying to figure out how to > > address it in the model (or if it should even be handled in the > > view). > > http://www.djangoproject.com/documentation/model-api/#automatic-prima... > > If you’d like to specify a custom primary key, just specify > primary_key=True on one of your fields. > > http://www.djangoproject.com/documentation/model-api/#relationships > > to_field The field on the related object that the relation is to. By > default, Django uses the primary key of the related object. > -- > Norman J. Harman Jr. > Senior Web Specialist, Austin American-Statesman > ___________________________________________________________________________ > You've got fun! Check out Austin360.com for all the entertainment > info you need to live it up in the big city! --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
