That's what I do (well, I just check the username, since I can't think why you'd want to check the email). I don't think there's a better way, it's pretty straightforward...
Poromenos On Aug 6, 12:42 am, Aljosa Mohorovic <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > i'm currently looking at django.contrib.auth and wondering what is the > correct way to check if user already exists? > before i call User.objects.create_user() i want to know that user with > submitted username and email doesn't exist. > my current situation is that i call > User.objects.get(username__exact=user) and > User.objects.get(email__exact=email) and if i get exception > "DoesNotExist: User matching query does not exist." and i assume that > it's ok to create new user. > > i'm sure there is a better way to check if user with submitted > username or email already exists, please share your ways... > > Aljosa --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/django-users?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
