Thank you Eric, it helped a lot. The 'name' attribute does get me confused every now and then...good point!
- nick On Jan 23, 12:09 am, Eric Abrahamsen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Question: In python, how do I access name attribute in Author? That > > is, I'd like to know how to find out author of each entry.? > > Hi Nick, > > The relevant documentation is > here:http://www.djangoproject.com/documentation/db-api/#related-objects > > Basically, since entries have a many-to-many relationship to authors, > you'll be able to access those authors via 'entry.author_set.all()', > where entry is any given Entry. For each resulting author, you can get > its related user as author.name. It can make for some awkward python > in the views, since author_set returns a list (even if there's only > one), and if you want to do anything with the authors you need to > iterate over the list or slice it or something else. > > Worth noting: 'name' is a confusing designation for a related field. > You'd expect 'name' to return a string value, not be a foreign key. > It's a small issue, but fixing it will make coding easier down the > line. > > Hope that helps, > Eric --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
