You could grab the __dict__ of the instance and use that. import hashlib
hash = hashlib.md5() hash.update(str(MyModel.objects.get(pk = 1).__dict__)) hash.digest() On Thursday, October 10, 2013 8:55:27 AM UTC-5, DJ-Tom wrote: > > > Thanks, but *how* can I create a hash from a database object in Django - > is there a generic method to iterate over all (or only specific) fields and > get a hash value? > > Am Mittwoch, 9. Oktober 2013 19:07:54 UTC+2 schrieb Nikolas > Stevenson-Molnar: >> >> A hash should work fine. Alternatively, you could diff the two records, >> using something like difflib: >> http://docs.python.org/2/library/difflib.html >> >> >> -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Django users" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/django-users. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/django-users/77cbde22-923a-49ff-8d6e-ee91db6adbe3%40googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
