well, you can always write the raw SQL querie... https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/1.4/topics/db/sql/
On Sunday, September 29, 2013 10:16:47 PM UTC-5, Lachlan Musicman wrote: > > Hola, > > I have a inventory system with Parts and Part types. Part Types are > Archetypes, parts are instances of Part Types with details (unit cost, > serial number, date of purchase, etc). > > A big issue is that not all Parts have serial numbers (box of 1000 > screws for instance). But when we get a large quantity of parts that I > would like to apply serial numbers to, data entry staff don't want to > enter the otherwise identical data again and again. > > Since most serialised products we are storing come with numbers that > are "in serial", I want to replace the creation process with a form > that also asks for "first serial number" and "number of parts" - > giving a nice list of easily incremented serial numbers. Then we can > create the requisite objects at the same time, and save them with just > the diff serial. > > What is the best way to do this? > > I've seen three solutions so far: > > 1. bulk_create > https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/1.4/ref/models/querysets/#bulk-create > problem: doesn't call model save method (in my case, where the slug is > populated from the id). > > 2. transaction.commit_manually > > https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/dev/topics/db/transactions/#django.db.transaction.commit_manually > > > 3. Signals > https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/dev/ref/signals/#django.db.models.signals.post_save > > (and now that I think about it, probably transaction.commit_manually > coupled with it). > > What does the list recommend as a method? > > Also, as I discovered in the IRC the other day, there really is a time > when CBVs aren't appropriate. Should this process be a CBV - it seems > a lot more suited to a FBV. > > Cheers > L. > > > -- > Maya Otos (@maya_otos) tweeted at 9:27 PM on Tue, Jul 30, 2013: > When you used to be punk, and now you are still punk but not as punk, > are you post-punk or decaying punk or ex-punk or just not punk anymore > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Django users" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/django-users. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/django-users/f166ff7b-f449-47b1-add8-05d07759f9b5%40googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
