There is a hacky way, which is not good practice and can probably mess with your 3rd party photologue stuff:
from myproject1.photologue.models import PhotoSize PhotoSize._meta.abstract = True BR Chee Ming On Feb 22, 12:35 am, TiNo <tin...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Sat, Feb 21, 2009 at 16:04, Alex Gaynor <alex.gay...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > 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. > > Ah, ok. Is what I am trying to do still possible though? In some way? > > TiNo --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
