Hi. I do a lot of csv-import of data and have previously been using Ruby on Rails. And the only thing I miss about Rails (apart from database migration) is the find_or_create_by methods.
Are there any similar methods in Django? My use is like this: I import a CSV file, and in one column there is a value (i.e. a string). I don't want to store it as a string in Model1, but as a foreign key to Model2 - thus trying to find a record that has the string and returning the foreign key id if found - else create the object in Model2. >From the rails api: # No 'Summer' tag exists Tag.find_or_create_by_name("Summer") # equal to Tag.create(:name => "Summer") # Now the 'Summer' tag does exist Tag.find_or_create_by_name("Summer") # equal to Tag.find_by_name ("Summer") # Now 'Bob' exist and is an 'admin' User.find_or_create_by_name('Bob', :age => 40) { |u| u.admin = true } I know it's probably bad to say that Rails is good in some ways in a Django forum, so forgive me :) Anders --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---