Collapsing Template blocks

2007-10-10 Thread handsome greg
l template, but can't figure out how I would do that unless the original template was on disk somewhere - which isn't a fun option. Any pointers? handsome greg --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups

Handling DB connect error.

2007-10-01 Thread handsome greg
Ok here's another quick question. How can I catch a DB connect that fails and perform some kind of action (display a "sorry... site's down" page, etc.) if the DB isn't available? I can't seem to figure it out. Thanks! --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this messag

Custom User model in django.contrib.auth

2007-10-01 Thread handsome greg
Hey dudes, I read James's blog post (http://www.b-list.org/weblog/2006/ jun/06/django-tips-extending-user-model/) about extending the User model and the relative futility of the now defunct replaces_module() function. My question is this: I have a legacy db with a users table. My table actually fi

Re: newforms form_for_model defaults by model

2007-06-14 Thread handsome greg
Oh, looks like maybe I can do this with a custom metaclass for my model. I'll just use it to tack on custom formfield() methods to my _meta.fields list for the model. Make sense? On Jun 14, 9:35 am, handsome greg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi guys, quick question: There'

newforms form_for_model defaults by model

2007-06-14 Thread handsome greg
Hi guys, quick question: There's no current way to specify how model fields are mapped to form fields for a model with newforms.form_for_model is there? I know you can change the formfield callback but the model doesn't impact that function in any way by default. What I'm looking for is a way for