OK...adding the .pk=None did the trick, but why didn't I have to do this on the outer loop?
On Dec 8, 11:52 am, Brian Schott <[email protected]> wrote: > I think if you set: > new_cmd_str.id = None > That will force a new PK. Not sure why the CmdString constructor isn't > clearing this.. > > Brian Schott > [email protected] > > On Dec 8, 2011, at 11:47 AM, Marc Edwards wrote: > > > > > > > > > I'm looping through some JSON code and generating new model instances > > that I am saving to my SQLiteDB. > > > I have 3 nested "for" loops, like this: > > > for app_catalog in JSON_Object['TSS_WorkFlow_Catalog']: > > for eda_app in app_catalog['EDA_App']: > > new_eda_app = > > EDA_App(isv=eda_app['isv'],product_name=eda_app['product_name'],product_cat > > egory=eda_app['product_category']) > > new_eda_app.save() > > for cmd_str_pair in eda_app['CmdStrings']['name']: > > new_cmd_str = CmdString(name=cmd_str_pair['Text'], > > cmd=cmd_str_pair['Value'], eda_app=new_eda_app) > > new_cmd_str.save() > > > My JSON file has 3 EDA_Apps, each EDA_App has 3, 4, and 4 CmdStrings, > > respectively. > > > When I loop through the second nested "for" for the CmdStrings, > > the .save() is writing to the same model instance, and at the end of > > the first nested "for" loop, I have 3 CmdString instances in my DB, > > NOT 3+4+4=11 CmdString instances. > > > Since my DB has 3 EDA_Apps in the DB, I think that the code to > > instance a new model instance to save to the DB seems to be fine. It > > is the second nested "for" loop that is acting fishy. I don't know if > > I am doing something wrong relative to the DB, because when I step > > through the 2nd nested "for" loop, I can clearly see the "new_cmd_str" > > taking on the next values from the JSON file. This must be related to > > how I am using the DB. > > > When I try using .save(force_insert=True) on the 2nd nested "for" loop > > save, I receive a Django DEBUG page message that the "PRIMARY KEY must > > be unique". > > > Any thoughts or observations on my code style? > > > Kind regards, Marc > > > -- > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > > "Django users" group. > > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > > [email protected]. > > For more options, visit this group > > athttp://groups.google.com/group/django-users?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Django users" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/django-users?hl=en.
