Use setattr's counterpart, getattr :-) getattr(inst, k).add(relatedObject)
On Fri, Oct 26, 2012 at 5:16 PM, Chris Pagnutti <chris.pagnu...@gmail.com>wrote: > Awesome. Thanks Brad. Now the question is, what if the attribute is a > ManyToManyField. > > e.g. > inst.k.add(relatedObject) > > How to reference k properly if k is a string containing the name of a > ManyToManyField of inst? > > > On Friday, October 26, 2012 11:37:36 AM UTC-4, Chris Pagnutti wrote: >> >> Say I have a model like >> class MyModel(models.Model) >> name = models.CharField(max_length=**100) >> number = models.IntegerField() >> >> In a script, I want to have something like >> fields = {"name":"Joe", "number":5} >> >> And I want to update a MyModel instance using the fields dictionary, >> something like this >> inst = MyModel.objects.get(pk=2) >> for k,v in fields.iteritems(): >> inst.k = v # I tried with inst.F(k) = v and inst.eval(k) = v but >> python doesn't like that either >> >> I hope I'm being clear in what I'm trying to do. The reason I have to do >> it this way is that I don't know which model, and therefore fields, I'm >> dealing with until run-time. >> Please ask questions if this isn't clear. >> > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Django users" group. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msg/django-users/-/Rvpb5l-sbaQJ. > > 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.