On Sun, Jan 13, 2013 at 8:00 PM, Matt Barry <matt.barr...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi, > > I'm creating a model from an external database that has some encrypted > columns. Initially I was thinking of creating a custom field type: > > class EncryptedField(models.Field): > def db_type(self, connection): > return 'TEXT' > def pre_save(self, model, add): > return encrypt(getattr(model, self.attname)) > > ..but it doesn't seem there are any hooks to decrypt the data on the loading > side. Am I missing anything, or is there a better way to do this sort of > thing? > > Thanks, > Matt >
Hi Matt get_db_prep_value() is called prior to saving in the database, this is where you should encrypt the data. to_python() is called on values loaded from the database, or deserialised, this is where you should decrypt the data. https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/dev/howto/custom-model-fields/#converting-database-values-to-python-objects Cheers Tom -- 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.
