On Fri, Jul 31, 2009 at 1:56 PM, Daymien<reimund.kl...@googlemail.com> wrote:
>
> Hallo,
>
> How could I implement forward declaration in django models?
> this example wouldn't work for me:
> Has anyone an idear or a solution?
>
> This django model show a simple implementation for a bloodline app!
> ********************************************************************************
> from django.db import models
> from django.contrib.auth.models import User
> from django.contrib import admin
>
> class Parent:
> pass
> class Child:
> pass
>
> class AbstractUser(models.Model):
> user_id = models.ForeignKey(User, blank=True)
> birthday = models.DateField("birthday", blank=True, null=True)
> day_of_death = models.DateField("day of death", blank=True,
> null=True)
> parents = models.ManyToManyField(Parent, blank=True, null=True)
> childs = models.ManyToManyField(Child, blank=True, null=True)
>
> class Parent(AbstractUser):
> #user_id = models.ForeignKey(User, blank=True)
> def __unicode__(self):
> return "%s %s" % (self.user_id.first_name,
> self.user_id.last_name)
>
> class Child(AbstractUser):
> #user_id = models.ForeignKey(User, blank=True)
> def __unicode__(self):
> return "%s %s" % (self.user_id.first_name,
> self.user_id.last_name)
>
> class MyUser(AbstractUser):
> """ Represent a User for this site
> """
> def __unicode__(self):
> return "%s %s" % (self.user_id.first_name,
> self.user_id.last_name)
>
> admin.site.register(MyUser)
> admin.site.register(Parent)
> admin.site.register(Child)
> ********************************************************************************
> I got this error message:
> AssertionError: ManyToManyField(<class
> stammbaum.bloodline.models.Parent at 0x84fc11c>) is invalid. First
> parameter to ManyToManyField must be either a model, a model name, or
> the string 'self'
>
> regards
> R.Klain
> >
>
Take a look at how you can pass the string name of the class to avoid
this issue:
http://docs.djangoproject.com/en/dev/ref/models/fields/#module-django.db.models.fields.related
Alex
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