thanks, forgot to say I tried that aswell but then nothing happens. It's just as it ignores that line. It still saves the file under "folder" and not under "new_folder"
On 4 Aug, 21:55, Alex Gaynor <alex.gay...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Tue, Aug 4, 2009 at 2:53 PM, caliman<stefanhjel...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > Hi! > > > I'm trying to change upload_to dynamically. > > > My model: > > class File(models.Model): > > type = models.CharField(max_length=10) > > the_file = models.FileField(upload_to="folder") > > def __unicode__(self): > > return self.file.name > > > Tried following: > > > 1, overwrite upload_to in save: > > def save(self, force_insert=False, force_update=False): > > the_file.upload = "new_folder" > > super(File, self).save(force_insert, force_update) > > > This gives: > > Exception Type: NameError > > Exception Value: global name 'the_file' is not defined > > > Also tried with slug fields and setting a function and set value in > > runtime with: > > the_file = models.FileField(upload_to=get_path) > > > that works great if I just want to change the filename but I can't > > change folder. > > > So what am I doing wrong? > > > Stefan > > You needed to do self.the_file. In python member variables aren't > automatically accessible, you have to get them from self. > > 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 > "Code can always be simpler than you think, but never as simple as you > want" -- Me --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
