Thanks!!!
It was exactly what I was looking for :-).
On Jan 24, 3:20 am, Steve Holden <holden...@gmail.com> wrote:
> dj wrote:
> > On Jan 23, 10:12 pm, dj <d.a.aberna...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> >> Hello All,
>
> >> I am a Django novice, and I recently discovered the _meta methods for
> >> use with models.
> >> Using _meta.fields to return the field names in a model instance, the
> >> current value of an instance (getattr()) and set the value (setattr
> >> ()).
>
> >> I was wondering if anyone knows how to use _meta.fields to return the
> >> datatype for a field in a model ?
>
> >> Your assistance is greatly appreciated :-).
>
> > It would appear there is method called get_internal_type() that maybe
> > what I am looking for.
> > The method is in django.db.models.Field. But I am unable to find
> > anything that would tell
> > me how to use the function to return the data type for a field in a
> > model.
>
> > m=Org()
>
> > for field in m._meta.fields[1:]:
> > fields.append(str(field.name))
> > get_internal_type(field.name) - is this the correct way to call
> > the method ?
>
> [But he top-posted, so I moved his stuff down below the question].
>
> A bit of fiddling about with the interpreter in a manage.py shell
> session reveals all:
>
> In [11]: from django.db.models import Field
>
> In [12]: f = Field()
>
> In [13]: f.get_internal_type()
> Out[13]: 'Field'
>
> In [14]: from django.db.models import IntegerField
>
> In [15]: i = IntegerField()
>
> In [16]: i.get_internal_type()
> Out[16]: 'IntegerField'
>
> And, of course, there's always
>
> In [17]: help(i.get_internal_type)
>
> which tells you:
> """
> Help on method get_internal_type in module django.db.models.fields:
>
> get_internal_type(self) method of django.db.models.fields.IntegerField
> instance
> """
>
> Not terrifically helpful, but at least the signature tells you no
> arguments are required ...
>
> regards
> Steve
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