Should 'total_cost' simply: return total
instead of: return total_cost(total) On Aug 25, 5:22 pm, Chris Amico <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > This seems like it should be simple, but I'm getting errors. > > I have a model tracking individual purchases. User inputs an item cost > and quantity; I want the total cost calculated. Here are the relevant > parts: > > class Item(models.Model): > name = models.CharField(max_length=100) > price = models.DecimalField(max_digits=9, decimal_places=2) > quantity = models.IntegerField(default=1) > total_cost = models.DecimalField(max_digits=12, > decimal_places=2, > blank=True, > null=True, > editable=False) > > def total_cost(self): > total = (self.price * self.quantity) > return total_cost(total) > > def save(self): > self.total_cost = self.total_cost() > super(Item, self).save() > > The error I get is: > > NameError at /admin/spending/item/add/ > global name 'total_cost' is not defined > > Not sure what that means. Thoughts? Am I missing an exceedingly > obvious way to do this? --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
