David/Daniel,
Thanks a lot for the prompt responses, ill use the method as specified
by Daniel.
I had use methods earlier for get_absolute_url and stuff, but didnt
realize i could use methods to do anything I wanted... this is nice.
Thanks
On Nov 25, 4:06 pm, Daniel Roseman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
> On Nov 25, 8:55 am, sajal <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
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> > Hi all i am both a Django and python noob.
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> > The thing is I have a database of people and need to show a widget on
> > all pages listing out people who are celebrating their birthday today.
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> > Using them in each views didnt seem right, specially since later id
> > like this portion of the page to be cached so it doesnt seem right.
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> > I added a custom context processor with the function :-
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> > def borntoday(request):
> > date = datetime.date.today()
> > return {'borntoday': Person.objects.filter
> > (date_of_birth__month=date.month, date_of_birth__day=date.day)}
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> > In my template i access this as :-
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> > {% if borntoday %}
> > <div class="borntoday">
> > <h4>Birthday file - {{ date|date:"jS F" }}</h4>
> > <ol>
> > {% for person in borntoday %}
> > <li><a href="{{ person.get_absolute_url }}">{{ person }}</a></li>
> > {% endfor %}
> > </ol>
> > </div>
> > {% endif %}
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> > Now Id like to show age of the people along with their names.
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> > I have a function which can calculate age callable via calculateAge
> > (p.date_of_birth) but how do I make pass this along with the person
> > object?
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> > I am too new in python, do i need to re-assemble the python list?
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> > Could someone point me to some sample code which can add the age into
> > the list being passed to the template?
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> > BTW is my approach the correct one or am I supposed to tackale this
> > problem in a diferent manner?
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> > Thanks in advance.
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> I would make calculateAge a method on the Person model - or even
> better, make a method that's a shortcut to it:
> class Person(models.Model):
> ...
> def get_age(self):
> return calculateAge(self.date_of_birth)
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> Then in the template you could just do:
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> {% for person in borntoday %}
> <li><a href="{{ person.get_absolute_url }}">{{ person }}
> ({{ person.get_age }})</a></li>
> {% endfor %}
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> or whatever you want.
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> On your question as to whether this is the right approach, there's
> nothing definitely wrong with it but I would say this belongs better
> in a template tag. In fact you could make the whole template snippet
> above into an inclusion tag, then simply insert it in any of your
> templates with a single tag.
>
> --
> DR.
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