You're forgetting the pickle part. That's what the getter and setter are for in my previous description.
import re import pickle pattern = re.compile(r'^\w{3}\s+\d{3}') x = pickle.dumps(pattern) type(x) <type 'str'> If you store 'x' in your database you won't have any difficulty with fixtures. Shawn -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Django users" group. To post to this group, send email to django-users@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to django-users+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/django-users?hl=en.