Sorry, didn't initially see the replies, repeating the answer to
Javier and Nuno!
On May 15, 10:09 am, chewynougat <peter_i_campb...@hotmail.co.uk>
wrote:
> Hi Derek,
>
> If I am thinking correctly, you can build up a list of keyword
> arguments in a dictionary for a filter query (or any query).
>
> So, for example, in a for loop:
>
> first time round:
> kwargs = {'foo': 'found'} where the key is the database field and the
> value is the record(s) you are searching for.
>
> Then you can pass these kwargs in like:
> Foo.objects.filter(**kwargs)
>
> Second time round:
> kwargs = {'bar': 'found'} where the key is the database field and the
> value is the record(s) you are searching for.
>
> Then you can pass these kwargs in like:
> Foo.objects.filter(**kwargs)
>
> You can add as many kwargs as you need e.g. {'foo': 'found', 'bar':
> 'not_found', 'monty': True} etc etc
>
> HTH
>
> Pete Campbell
>
> On May 14, 2:19 pm, derek <gamesb...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>
>
> > Given a model Foo, with a field bar:
> > Foo.objects.filter(bar = "found")
> > works just fine.
>
> > But, in my case, different fields are needed at different times, so I
> > would like to use:
> > Foo.objects.filter(var_field = "found")
> > where "var_field" is a variable which will be set to the name of a
> > field (such as "bar").
>
> > The above is incorrect - how do I accomplish this?
>
> > Thanks
> > Derek
>
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