Re: manager select_related()

2008-08-19 Thread saeb
Thanks, ideally OneToOneField is what I need, but due to weird legacy database schema, I can't use it. id is a bad name, but I would have to deal with the nomenclature for the moment. Thanks for help On Aug 19, 9:37 am, Daniel Roseman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > There's quite a lot wrong with

Re: manager select_related()

2008-08-19 Thread Steve Holden
saeb wrote: > No, that is not the real code. The real code as you mentioned is split > into models.py and admin.py. And I am referring to the functions as > strings ( a typo on my part). After posting the message last night I > messed with the code more and function is displaying as 'none' . > Ref

Re: manager select_related()

2008-08-19 Thread Daniel Roseman
There's quite a lot wrong with this code, quite apart from the list_display issue. Comments interspersed below. On Aug 19, 2:33 pm, saeb <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > No, that is not the real code. The real code as you mentioned is split > into models.py and admin.py. And I am referring to the fun

Re: manager select_related()

2008-08-19 Thread saeb
No, that is not the real code. The real code as you mentioned is split into models.py and admin.py. And I am referring to the functions as strings ( a typo on my part). After posting the message last night I messed with the code more and function is displaying as 'none' . Referring to Malcolm's la

Re: manager select_related()

2008-08-19 Thread Malcolm Tredinnick
On Mon, 2008-08-18 at 20:50 -0700, saeb wrote: > > Sorry to ask a stupid question, but following is my basic model > structure. I want to create a custom manager for a class which has a > foreignKey to another class. And to call that manager function in list > display to display all the related

Re: manager select_related()

2008-08-19 Thread ocgstyles
apparently i pasted that in there twice. woops... On Aug 19, 8:57 am, ocgstyles <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi saeb, > > I believe you misunderstand the purpose of select_related().  When > used, it does the extra database work to retrieve related objects at > the beginning, rather than when yo

Re: manager select_related()

2008-08-19 Thread ocgstyles
Hi saeb, I believe you misunderstand the purpose of select_related(). When used, it does the extra database work to retrieve related objects at the beginning, rather than when you try to access them. Here's an example: # in this example, notice how __dict__ isn't populated with the _site_cache

manager select_related()

2008-08-18 Thread saeb
Sorry to ask a stupid question, but following is my basic model structure. I want to create a custom manager for a class which has a foreignKey to another class. And to call that manager function in list display to display all the related properties. Am I doing it right? I don't see any associat