Thanks very much Laurent, I will have a go with that this morning. Regards, N/
On Monday, 19 August 2013 16:25:00 UTC+1, Laurent Meunier wrote: > > On 19/08/2013 17:05, Nigel Legg wrote: > > In the app I am building for data analysis, I want all logged in users > > to be able to access all parts of the system, but only to have access to > > the datafiles they hae uploaded themselves. Can I use > > django.contrib.auth to filter the full list of datafiles according to > > the user object? > > If so, how do I go about this? I'm thinking of attaching a user_id field > > to the file when it is uploaded, and then filtering against that wen a > > logged in user goes to the list of files, but I'm not sure how I would > > implement this. > > Any help greatly appreciated. > > Hi, > > Your best option is to add a foreign key to your user model (usually > django.contrib.auth.models.User) in your model that handles your > datafiles. > > from django.contrib.auth.models import User > > class Datafile(models.Model): > user = models.ForeignKey(User) > ... > > > When a user upload a datafile, don't forget to set the user field: > > mydatafile.user = request.user > > > And then you can filter datafiles: > > Datafile.objects.filter(user=request.user) > > > -- > Laurent Meunier <[email protected] <javascript:>> > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Django users" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/django-users. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
