Re: Design question: User vs. UserProfile

2009-09-18 Thread Léon Dignòn
The user model, because the model defined by AUTH_PROFILE_MODULE is intended to be an extension to the actual user model. Namely the profile. Why would you bind something to a user's profile, instead of the user itsself? If you want to "allow records of people without Users", then use blank=True

Re: Design question: User vs. UserProfile

2009-09-18 Thread Tiago Serafim
I`d go with the first. It`s easier to get the current logged in user and all other pluggable apps use User, so it's a common thing to do and you can integrate things easily . --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google

Re: Design question: User vs. UserProfile

2009-09-18 Thread Grant Livingston
I'm still making my first site with django so I don't how much weight my opinion has, but I used a seperate profile for ForeignKeys. I don't know why, it just seemed logical at the time. It is easer as you can refer to whats in a users profile easier. You can put things like {{