On Thu, Aug 20, 2009 at 3:01 PM, joe.kon...@gmail.com<joe.kon...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Hello, > > I've got a model that can be linked to any other via GenericForeignKey > (), similar to the tagging example. The problem I'm having is that the > module I'm forced to use is passing the parameters in on the URL ( I > know, I know ), and as such I'm having a devil of a time trying figure > out how to grab hold of an object knowing only its content_type and > id. In javascript I'd do something along the lines of eval > (content_type) and use that to access the relevant manager to get at > the object. > > There's gotta be some way to get access to any object in the Django > system once you know it's content type and id, no? > > > >
Using the ContentType object you can get the model class, so: from django.contrib.contenttypes.models import ContentType ct = ContentType.objects.get_for_id(content_type_id) obj = ct.model_class()._default_manager.get(pk=obj_id) 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
