what is the use of the article foreignkey in the UserProfile model? On Tue, Aug 23, 2011 at 2:34 PM, raj <nano.ri...@gmail.com> wrote:
> nvm, I think i'm starting to figure it out. Need to read up on many-to- > many fields. > > On Aug 23, 2:21 am, raj <nano.ri...@gmail.com> wrote: > > This may be difficult to explain. I'm a little new to django and the > > whole idea of models. > > > > Let's say I'm making an article app, where each article has a creator, > > but other users can edit the article at will. I'm having a little > > difficult on how to create the models for this. > > > > Firstly, I extend the user profile with the following: > > > > class UserProfile(models.Model): > > #Required field: > > user = models.OneToOneField(User) > > > > #Other Fields: > > headline = models.CharField() > > industry = models.CharField() > > article= models.ForeignKey(articleModel.article) > > > > Here is the first place I'm getting confused, do I put the foreignkey > > field in the user model? My reasoning for it being placed here is > > because each article can have many editors. > > > > Now here is my article model: > > > > class article(models.Model): > > #primary key is already true > > creator = models.ForeignKey(userModel.UserProfile) > > title = models.CharField() > > text = models.TextField() > > > > Over here, I put the ForeignKey field so it would relate back to the > > creator, because every article has a single creator. (As a side note, > > I do want to make it so an article can have multiple creators, but I > > don't know what to do in this scenario). I'm finding it a bit odd that > > the UserProfile model is referencing the article model, and the > > article is referencing it back. Can someone please help me unjumble my > > brain? > > > > Thank you. :) > > -- > 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. > > -- 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.
