Re: looping to create an array of category breadcrumbs

def get_parent(self): if self.parent: return [self.parent] return [] def get_parent_tree(self): asc = self.get_parent() for p in asc: asc.extend(p.get_parent()) return asc This is what I use for generating a category crumb

Re: looping to create an array of category breadcrumbs

hi Thomas, thanks for all the details, actually my post was not really clear on what I have. the category model looks like this: class Category(models.Model): name = models.CharField(max_length=100, unique=True) slug = models.SlugField(max_length=100, unique=True) p

Re: looping to create an array of category breadcrumbs

Hi, Does this help you? myslug=... parents=[] while myslug: cat_crumb=Category.objects.get(slug=myslug) # I guess slug is unique parents.append(cat_crumb) myslug=cat_crumb.parent But be careful, you might get infinite loops if the parent links to a child. To avoid this you could write

Re: looping to create an array of category breadcrumbs

sorry, had not finished this post before accidently submitting it... for myslug not null catcrumb_list = Category.objects.filter(slug=myslug) myslug = catcrumb_list.parent basically, I want to loop through the category model a parent is not found, and each pass, store the model tupel in

looping to create an array of category breadcrumbs

hi all, am having trouble finding the syntax to build an array that contains the full hierarchy of the current category. so the slug of the current category is passed to the method from the URL request data. for myslug not null catcrumb_list = Category.objects.filter(slug=myslug) catcrumb_lis