I was thinking that, but wanted to make sure....

Thanks for helping a n00b, and creating a great framework!

Corey

On May 25, 2006, at 10:50 AM, Adrian Holovaty wrote:

>
> On 5/25/06, Corey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>> Is there a way to add additional fields to the many-to many table, or
>> is there a better way to accomplish what I want.
>>
>> I have a Groups table and an Attributes table with a many-to-many
>> relationship.
>>
>> I want to be able to specify the viewing order of the attribute  
>> and if
>> the attribute is required on a per-group basis.
>>
>> I would typically put it in a schema like:
>>
>> Group      GroupAttribute    Attribute
>> ---------  ---------------   ---------
>> id         group_id          id
>> Name       attribute_id      Name
>>            viewing_order
>>            required
>
> Hey Corey,
>
> Welcome to the Django community. :)
>
> The best way to solve your particular problem would be to create a
> GroupAttribute model rather than using a ManyToManyField in either
> Group or Attribute. That way, you can give the GroupAttribute model as
> many extra fields as you want.
>
> Adrian
>
> -- 
> Adrian Holovaty
> holovaty.com | djangoproject.com
>
> >


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