On Mon, Feb 7, 2011 at 3:43 PM, Ian Stokes-Rees <ijsto...@hkl.hms.harvard.edu> wrote: > On 2/7/11 3:38 PM, Shawn Milochik wrote: >> Is your base model abstract? If it is not, then the ORM will want to >> create it in the database. > > No, it isn't abstract. It has a particular content model and methods > associated with it. When you say the ORM will "want" to create it in > the DB, do you mean: > > 1. It should figure this out on its own and create the base model table; or > 2. The ORM needs this so it must be listed in INSTALLED_APPS to have the > relevant table created in the DB. >
It's definitely #2. Because when the model isn't abstract, the fields in the base model aren't created for the subclass -- the subclass has a foreign key to an instance of the base model. That last bit should explain why you need to have the base app in installed apps. Shawn -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Django users" group. To post to this group, send email to django-users@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.
