On Jan 26, 11:59 am, Jukka <valimaa.ju...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> I'd like to propose adding a method to Model that can be used to fetch
> a "fresh" version of a model object from the database. This is
> something that I personally would often find useful. Usually this
> happens when I'm testing some view code using the test client, and the
> view is supposed to save some model changes into database. For
> example:
>
> client.post('some_url', {'id': obj.id, 'description': 'new'})
> fresh_obj = ObjClass.objects.get(pk=obj.pk)
> self.assertEqual('new', fresh_obj.description)
>
> Now, I think that way of refreshing a model object is inelegant. What
> I propose is a method that would be functionally identical to how a
> fresh object is fetched above:
>
> fresh_obj = obj.refetch()
>
> This is a convenience method, but based on my own experience it would
> be... well, convenient. I'd like to hear whether you think the
> convenience would be worth extending the api. If you think it's worth
> it, I'd be happy to write a patch.
>
> --JukkaWhy not just make a custom model method? -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Django developers" group. To post to this group, send email to django-develop...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to django-developers+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/django-developers?hl=en.
