Thanks for the response. I actually will already have the PK, and am trying to avoid grabbing an instance of the actual item object.
On May 12, 11:26 am, Daniel Roseman <dan...@roseman.org.uk> wrote: > On May 12, 4:04 pm, Nick Serra <nickse...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > > > > Sorry for the confusing title. Here is a simple example to illustrate > > my question: > > > class Item(models.Model): > > name = models.CharField() > > > class Manager(models.Model): > > item = models.ForeignKey(Item) > > > On a POST I have the PK of the Item I want to link to a new instance > > of the Manager object. I am saving a new Manager object that will be > > linked to the Item with the PK i have. So I can do: > > > item_pk = request.POST.get('item') > > item = Item.objects.get(pk=item_pk) > > new_manager = Manager(item=item) > > new_manager.save() > > > ...but I don't like the idea of grabbing the item object first. Is > > there any way to just save the new Manager object with just the PK of > > the Item, thus avoiding the database call to grab the Item object? > > > Thanks! > > You should just be able to do > manager = Manager(item=item_pk) > but in general, you can always refer to item_id, as the underlying > database field representing the foreign key value. > -- > DR. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Django users" group. > To post to this group, send email to django-us...@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > django-users+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit this group > athttp://groups.google.com/group/django-users?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Django users" group. To post to this group, send email to django-us...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to django-users+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/django-users?hl=en.