Ryan- that helps a ton, thanks much. I don't think created_by and updated_by should be foreign keys, because a user can be deleted but all of his record adds/updates need to persist. So I replaced those two lines with:
created_by = models.CharField(blank=True,max_length=20,editable=False) updated_by = models.CharField(blank=True,max_length=20,editable=False) This works, but on update the updated_by field is set to the User ID instead of the User Name. Also, none of the 4 audit fields are displayed in the browse/list and change forms. I need to display them read-only on both. Any ideas on those 2 issues? I think this thread will help a lot of struggling newbies like me. Thanks, Lee On Jun 1, 12:08 am, Ryan <ryan.osb...@live.co.uk> wrote: > The model code still needs to stay in the model, it is just the save_model > method had to be moved to the admin.py. I think the following is what you > are looking for: > > models.py > --------------- > from django.db import models > from django.contrib.auth.models import User > > class AuditedTable(models.Model): > created = models.DateTimeField(auto_now_add=True) > created_by = models.ForeignKey(User, editable=False) > updated = models.DateTimeField(auto_now=True) > updated_by = models.ForeignKey(User, editable=False) > > class Meta: > abstract = True > > class Entity1(AuditedTable): > title = models.CharField(max_length=20) > > def __unicode__(self): > return self.title > > admin.py > ------------- > from django.contrib import admin > from app.models import Entity1 > > class AuditAdmin(admin.ModelAdmin): > def save_model(self, request, obj, form, change): > if change: > obj.updated_by = request.user > else: > obj.created_by = request.user > obj.save() > > class Entity1Admin(AuditAdmin): > pass > > admin.site.register(Entity1, Entity1Admin) > > Hope that helps, > > Ryan -- 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.
