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super(ProjectModification, self).save() On Jun 19, 1:41 pm, Adam Fraser <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Signalling worked out for me but it turned out to be more complex than > it needed to be. Here are some references in case anyone is looking: > > http://www.chrisdpratt.com/2008/02/16/signals-in-django-stuff-thats-n...http://code.djangoproject.com/wiki/Signals > > In the end, I simply resolved to override the save() method of my > Project class like so: > > def save(self): > record_project_modification() > models.Model.save(self) > > ..here's the function that saves my new ProjectModification object: > > def record_project_modification(self): > pmod = ProjectModification() > pmod.user_id = 21 > pmod.project = self > pmod.date = datetime.date.today() > pmod.change_field = "test" > pmod.change_from = "test" > pmod.change_to = "test" > pmod.save(pmod) > > ...I would have used the method mentioned in my first ref. above, but > it turns out I couldn't have models importing signals while signals > imported models. Otherwise it would have made more sense for me to > use signaling for scalability and elegance. > > -adam > > On Jun 18, 11:35 am, Adam Fraser <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > I didn't, but you can bet I will now. Thanks for the lead! > > -Adam > > > On Jun 17, 4:22 pm, Dan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > Did you take a look at Django Signals? You can intercept pre-save and > > > post-save objects with them. You can use that to grab the data you > > > want and fill your ProjectModification object. I don't know if there > > > is a way you could tell if it was done in the admin or not though... --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
