I have tried it earlier and (as far as I remember) with the same (void) result. I have read more docs and proxy models seem to be the solution to my problem. I will give them a try later today.
On Oct 7, 2:54 pm, greatlemer <greatle...@googlemail.com> wrote: > What sort of errors are you getting when you try this with the django > model? > > Have you tried just assigning the function over the top of the > __unicode__ function already on Company? > > i.e. > > import Company > > def CompanyUnicode(self): > return '%s [%s]' % (self.nick, self.legal_name) > > Company.__unicode__ = CompanyUnicode > > __ > > G > > On Oct 7, 12:07 pm, Eugene Mirotin <emiro...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > Let me provide more details. > > > When I make simple python project with the same idea, everything works > > fine. > > > # file test2.py > > class A: > > b = 2 > > # file test1.py > > from test2 import * > > > class A(A): > > a = 1 > > # file test.py > > from test1 import * > > > a = A() > > print a.b, a.a > > > print A.__module__ > > > The output is > > 2 1 > > test1 > > > So class A is imported from test2 to test1, then overloaded (actually > > extended) there, then imported to test, cool. > > > When I do the same in django, everything goes wrong. > > > I do import models_auto in models_business_logic, then overload the > > Company class, then import it in models, then import models in admin > > file and try > > print Company.__module__ > > And this gives me the dbadm.models_auto output > > > On Oct 6, 4:10 pm, Eugene Mirotin <emiro...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > We have an existing app written in perl with Postgre as DB. > > > I want to add the django admin as the interface to this existing DB. > > > The main app is in constant development, so the DB scheme may change > > > in the future. > > > I have checked the inspectdb output and it is quite good (I do also do > > > some automatic fixing of the results of inspectdb, but these fixes are > > > minor). > > > So, if we would only want to have the 'dumb' db editing tool, the > > > auto-generated models are OK. > > > But what we really want is adding some additional logic (such as > > > __unicode__ representations and save validations). Of course, it is > > > unacceptable to have this code in the auto-generated file, not is is > > > good to always manually insert it after every db scheme update (the > > > models file generated by inspectdb is 1000+ lines long). > > > > What I have tried looked like > > > - have the models_auto.py file - the inspectdb patched output > > > - have the models_business_logic.py module looking like > > > > from models_auto import * > > > > Company_ = Company > > > del Company > > > > class Company(Company_): > > > def __unicode__(self): > > > return '%s [%s]' % (self.nick, self.legal_name) > > > > - have the models.py file simpli importing * from models_business_logic > > > > But dues to inheritance mechanism and Foreign keys (or may be dues to > > > some other reasons) this approach do not work. > > > Any ideas? > > > > Thanks in advance. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
