helper functions

2006-03-31 Thread Alan Bailey
I don't see any documentation on helper methods for the django objects. By helper methods I'm envisioning the following: IsModified() - If an object is from the database and a field has been edited. IsNew() - This object is not in the database yet. I.e. it's new and won't be there until a sav

is this possible: relation querying in get_list?

2006-03-21 Thread Alan Bailey
Hey there, Example application. I have a table/set of appliance stores, selling refrigerators, ovens, dryers.. the whole lot. So: class Store: name = meta.CharField class Appliance: type = meta.CharField class InventoryItem: store = meta.ForeignKey(Store) appliance = meta.ForeignKey(

also: multiple databases

2006-03-21 Thread Alan Bailey
I think support should be added for accessing multiple databases in one application/project. In the current organization where I work, I may have two databases to work with, one Oracle and one MySQL. I think this would be pretty easy to setup, it would just need to look like this: class ObjectF

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2006-02-16 Thread Alan Bailey
Long email subject, but this might be a long email. Hello developers! I'd like to introduce myself, I'm Alan. And now here's my situation: I work for the system administration group in the Math and Computer Science Division at Argonne Nat'l Lab (www.mcs.anl.gov), near Chicago. We have thousan