I would not use a dict like that, just uses more memory, I would create a ArticleVote models, something like
http://dpaste.com/hold/109437/ I also show how I would use it in the views Dj Gilcrease OpenRPG Developer ~~http://www.openrpg.com On Thu, Jan 15, 2009 at 9:17 AM, teth <godsinven...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Hello, I pickled a dictionary and stored it in my database like this: > article.rating = article.rating + 1 > ratings[request.user.username] = 1 > article.rating_list = pickle.dumps(ratings) > article.save() > > ratings looks like this: > {'froob': 1, 'alik': 1, 'teth': 1} > > When I try and load the pickled string from the database it gives me > the following error: > KeyError at /article/testing123/up/ > '\x00' > > article/testing123 loads the article testing123 from the database and > the /up/ is to improve the rating of it. The dictionary is to prevent > users from rating the same article twice by putting their username as > an index in a dictionary. What am I doing wrong? (The pickled string > is stored in a TEXT field) > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 django-users+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/django-users?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
