On Tue, Dec 23, 2008 at 12:11 PM, dick...@gmail.com <dick...@gmail.com> wrote: > > i'm working on a simple concept i'm sure others have solved, but i > can't get it. > > basically, given some <xml> input, i parse it, find which objects to > create, and do it. > > so with a model: > > class Foo(models.Model): > name = models.CharField(max_length=20) > > and input xml of <request><Foo><name>bar</name></Foo></request> > > my view would parse that xml, find the Element Request name "Foo", > instantiate Foo, set the "name" value to bar, and save it. > > import myproject.test.models as test_models > createobj = getattr(test_models, "Foo") > setattr(createobj, "name", "bar") > createobj.save() > > the current code there above gives me > > unbound method save() must be called with Foo instance as first > argument (got nothing instead) > > i've also tried > save = getattr(createobj, "save") > save(createobj) > > unbound method save() must be called with Foo instance as first > argument (got ModelBase instance instead) > > i've probably gone about the whole problem all wrong, so feel feel to > correct this approach if it is way off base > > > >
Does this work? from myproject.test.models import Foo f = Foo(name="bar") f.save() Colin --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 django-users+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/django-users?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
