Also, you can do a try/catch, but I don't really like this method,
personally:
try:
User.objects.get(username=username)
except User.DoesNotExist:
# user didn't exist in database.
On Fri, Jan 16, 2015 at 9:16 AM, Mark Furbee <markfur...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Yes, that link will cover the basics...
>
> Here's a couple ways to find out if a query returns any records:
>
> User.objects.filter(username=username).exists() # .exists() returns
> boolean if records are found.
> User.objects.filter(username=username).count() != 0 # .count()
> returns number of records in query.
> User.objects.filter(username=username).first() is not None # .first()
> returns the first record if there are matches, and None if there aren't
>
>
> On Fri, Jan 16, 2015 at 9:11 AM, James Bennett <ubernost...@gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>> This may be a good time to review Django's documentation on how to
>> perform database queries:
>>
>>
>> https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/1.7/topics/db/queries/#retrieving-a-single-object-with-get
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