On Fri, May 1, 2009 at 1:58 AM, Ramashish Baranwal < ramashish.li...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > > > > > I want to create several tables with same schema. This is to partition > > > the data into different tables. Apart from having model classes with > > > same definition, is there another way to do it? > > > > > Here is a trivial example that duplicates the class definition- > > > > > class Person(models.Model): > > > first = models.CharField(max_length=16) > > > last = models.CharField(max_length=16) > > > > > class Person2(models.Model): > > > first = models.CharField(max_length=16) > > > last = models.CharField(max_length=16) > > > > > Apart from the code duplication, the above doesn't capture the intent > > > that the two models represent tables with same schema. I'm looking for > > > something like- > > > > > class Person2(Person): > > > pass > > > > > The above however doesn't work. > > > Any idea? > > > > > Thanks, > > > Ram > > > > I'd do it with one class that has all the common fields that is an > abstract > > class(check the docs for this). And then just 2 classes that subclass > it. > > This should do just what you want. > > > Hi Alex, > > Thanks for the quick reply. Abstract class fits the need perfectly. > However, I am using Django 0.96 where abstract class functionality is > not available. I can't upgrade Django currently. > Any other way? > > -Ram > > > Unfortunately no, you probably just need to write out all the fields manually on both models. Alex -- "I disapprove of what you say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it." --Voltaire "The people's good is the highest law."--Cicero --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
