Re: ForeignKey, but not...

2008-05-25 Thread Peter Rowell
Thoughts, in no particular order: 1. What about your app is dependent on the uid/User? I.e., At what points in the app's use does the uid come into play? 2. Since there is a uid, where is it coming from? UNIX uid? Some other forum id? 3. Are there events in the life of a uid/User (creation, modif

ForeignKey, but not...

2008-05-23 Thread Jeff Anderson
Hello! I have an app that uses the User object as a ForeignKey, and as a ManytoMany field. I am integrating this app into a project that doesn't use django authentication, and doesn't have a User object that is a model. My first idea was to just store the User's uid in the database as a stri