There is ticket and patch for this issue http://code.djangoproject.com/ticket/9522
On Sat, Nov 15, 2008 at 16:38, AndyH <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hi, > > I have a custom model field class that stores event recurrence > information. In python this is an instance of dateutil.rrule.rule, and > in the database I am storing it as an iCal recurrence string. To > convert between these two formats I have to_python and > get_db_prep_value methods on the custom field class (subclassing > models.Field). > > Things works more-or-less OK, but when I run dumpdata to serialize the > database into json, at some point to_json gets executed and the > returned value for rrule is '<dateutil.rrule.rrule instance at > 0x1121828>' and not the value that should be returned by > get_db_prep_value. I also have a 'value_to_string' method on the > fiels, but this does not get executed either. > > What am I missing about the way dumpdata handles these custom model > fields? > > Thanks > Andy. > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---