Re: auth: get_profile(): create if it does not exist.

Where does this code go? I want to create a user profile for every user created. On Dec 18 2008, 2:37 am, "James Bennett" wrote: > On Wed, Dec 17, 2008 at 5:21 PM, Malcolm Tredinnick > > wrote: > > This would be the "standard" solution. I

Re: auth: get_profile(): create if it does not exist.

On Wed, Dec 17, 2008 at 5:21 PM, Malcolm Tredinnick wrote: > This would be the "standard" solution. I thought James Bennett's > django-profiles app did this, but apparently I'm mistaken (it would be > slightly duplicated work if it did, in any case). django-profiles

Re: auth: get_profile(): create if it does not exist.

> ## > try: > m = SomeModel.objects.get(pk=request.user) > except: > m = SomeModel() > ## > > Attention, catch-all ("except" without an exception class) is evil. There are a lot of exception that could happen. You could use: try: except SomeModel.DoesNotExist:

Re: auth: get_profile(): create if it does not exist.

On Wed, 2008-12-17 at 08:25 -0600, Milan Andric wrote: > On Wed, Dec 17, 2008 at 4:00 AM, Thomas Guettler wrote: > > > > Hi, > > > > The method user.get_profile() fails, if the user has no profile. During > > my custom login I > > check if the user has a profile and create it

Re: auth: get_profile(): create if it does not exist.

actually don't user super(self.__class__, self) http://loveandtheft.org/2008/09/03/how-super-should-be-used-when-calling-a-parents-method/ use super(MyManager, self) On 17 Dec, 18:15, 7timesTom wrote: > On 17 Dec, 16:08, Darthmahon wrote: > >

Re: auth: get_profile(): create if it does not exist.

On 17 Dec, 16:08, Darthmahon wrote: > Why not create your own function then and just put the try or except > code in that? That way it'll only be one line. Yup. Using model.Manager i.e.: class MyManager(models.Manager): def get_or_blank(self, pk_val): try:

Re: auth: get_profile(): create if it does not exist.

Why not create your own function then and just put the try or except code in that? That way it'll only be one line. On Dec 17, 3:19 pm, nbv4 wrote: > On Dec 17, 5:00 am, Thomas Guettler wrote: > > > > > Hi, > > > The method user.get_profile() fails, if the

Re: auth: get_profile(): create if it does not exist.

On Dec 17, 5:00 am, Thomas Guettler wrote: > Hi, > > The method user.get_profile() fails, if the user has no profile. During > my custom login I > check if the user has a profile and create it if needed. > > But sometimes this fails: A new user gets created, but before his

Re: auth: get_profile(): create if it does not exist.

On Wed, Dec 17, 2008 at 4:00 AM, Thomas Guettler wrote: > > Hi, > > The method user.get_profile() fails, if the user has no profile. During > my custom login I > check if the user has a profile and create it if needed. > > But sometimes this fails: A new user gets created, but

Re: auth: get_profile(): create if it does not exist.

Can you not do this: if request.user.is_authenticated(): # Get profile user.get_profile() else: # Create profile On Dec 17, 10:00 am, Thomas Guettler wrote: > Hi, > > The method user.get_profile() fails, if the user has no profile. During > my custom login I >

auth: get_profile(): create if it does not exist.

Hi, The method user.get_profile() fails, if the user has no profile. During my custom login I check if the user has a profile and create it if needed. But sometimes this fails: A new user gets created, but before his first login someone else tries to access the not yet created profile. Since