Works like a charm, thank you very much!
On Jun 12, 2:09 am, Johannes Dollinger
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> You are looking for setattr():http://docs.python.org/lib/built-in-
> funcs.html#l2h-66
>
> for attr in ('groupon', 'companyon', 'addressfirst', 'extendnames',
> 'clubfieldson'):
> setattr(settings, attr, attr in data)
>
> Am 12.06.2008 um 00:48 schriebWimFeijen:
>
>
>
> > Thanks Russell!
>
> > I suppose the code I want to get looks like:
>
> > settings = Settings.objects.get(owner=userid)
> > for switchable in ['groupon', 'companyon', 'addressfirst',
> > 'extendnames', 'clubfieldson']:
> > if switchable in data:
> > settings._meta.get_field(switchable).<something> = True
> > else:
> > settings._meta.get_field(switchable).<something> = False
>
> > My remaining question is, as you may have understood, what text do I
> > use instead of <something> ?
>
> > I imagine I could have been using a python function to list some
> > options, but I was unable to find out how. I apologize for being
> > stupid.
>
> > Yours sincerely,
>
> >Wim
>
> > PS Another thing is, _meta is apparently a hidden function I am not
> > supposed to be using. Do you recommend filing this conversation as a
> > bug/feature request? Because I would be delighted when we could
> > address object columns as settings['groupson'] = False, in order to
> > open up all kinds of possible interactions.
>
> > On Jun 10, 3:38 pm, "Russell Keith-Magee" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > wrote:
> >> On Tue, Jun 10, 2008 at 9:25 PM,WimFeijen<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> >>> Coding happily away...
>
> >>> And wondering, can I write better code, using a loop, perhaps? In
> >>> other words: can I set settings.groupon while using a variable in
> >>> stead of groupon?
>
> >>> Thanks for any recommendations you are willing to make!
>
> >> Looks like you might want to have a look at the contents of
> >> Settings._meta, also called the Options object. This object
> >> contains a
> >> lot of meta-data about the class, such as the various names that can
> >> be used to refer to the class, the fields on the class, and so on.
> >> The
> >> meta object is available on the class and on instances.
>
> >> In particular, you're probably looking to iterate over
> >> settings._meta.fields; each member of this list will be a Field
> >> object, from which you can get field.name, field.attname, and many
> >> other useful details.
>
> >> Yours,
> >> Russ Magee %-)
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