On 23/10/2007, Marty Alchin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > In response to some recent questions regarding FileField usage, I > thought about including a way to format the filename based on details > from the model instance itself. It's looking like it' be best to add > an argument to FileField, called 'filename' perhaps, which takes a > format string, like so (pardon the inevitable line munging):
... > file = models.FileField(upload_to='songs', > filename='%(album)s_%(track)s_%(title)s.mp3') > > However, this raises two concerns, both stemming from the fact that > given people a cookie will make them want a glass of milk: Why not allow passing a callable that can do whatever it likes? Then if they want milk they can write it themselves.... file = models.FileField(upload_to='songs', filename=mysuperfilenamefunc) def mysuperfilenamefunc(model): return "%(album)s_%(track)s_%(title)s.mp3" % model.__dict__ Rob :) --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Django developers" group. To post to this group, send email to django-developers@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-developers?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
