On Sat, Feb 21, 2009 at 7:50 AM, TiNo <tin...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Hi, > > I am trying to use a model from an app that is on my python path, but > not in the INSTALLED_APPS setting. But I can't get it to work. > > Why would I want this? DRY. I want to use parts (ex. the 'PhotoSize' > model) of a 3rd party app (ex. photologue), without it filling my > database with tables and installing itself in the admin interface, or > copying all the code. > > Is there a way to do this other than copy-pasting the model to my own > app? > > When I subclass the model and leave the app out of INSTALLED_APPS, it > just creates a model with a reference to a non-existing model/table. > Isn't this a bug? > > Thanks, > > Tino > > > This isn't a bug. The default inheritance scheme is to use multi table inheritance, sine the parent class's table doesn't exist your subclass's table can't have a relation to it, therefore it breaks down.
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