Thanks Jonas. Quick question - The difference in the models.py is I guess addition of these two imports - from django.db.models import get_model from django.conf import settings
A dumb question, when you say "moved it within the pythonpath", what exactly does it mean ? On Aug 17, 8:40 am, Jonas Obrist <ojiido...@gmail.com> wrote: > Here's what I did: > > I took the built in auth system and changed it a bit, or to be more > precise I changed all imports within auth (because I moved it within the > pythonpath) and edited models.py: > > http://dpaste.com/81651/ > > Whole code: > > http://www.ojii.ch/auth.tar.gz > > If you wanna use it: > > Add the folder in the archive to your pythonpath. > > Add 'auth' to your installed applications > > Set 'USER_MODEL' in your settings file to the model you use (string). > > Done. > > NOTE: I did NOT test this yet! > > Jonas > > PlanetUnknown wrote: > > Guys, > > I have a quick question. I am attracted to django due to its > > flexibility however there is something bothering me now. > > My question is can I use a custom table, say "consumer" instead of the > > one provided my django ? > > Here are the reasons - > > 1.) I have my whole DB model around this consumer table and want to > > keep it. > > 2.) This table has a lot more fields than what the user has, which are > > custom and uses the "email address" as the username. > > > I know no. 2 has a solution of using a custom backend, but there are > > so many out there that they confuse me. Also,I don't want to use the > > "admin" part of django since I'll have a custom app. for that, but > > which works on "consumer" > > > I'm worried if I there is no way around using the django provided > > "user" I'll have to re-invent the wheel, is that true ? e.g. session > > management, etc. Not afraid of coding, but the whole reason I chose > > django was to not do this. > > > Any direction by the Gurus is appreciated. > > Thanks. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
