That's awesome! Worked perfectly and is so much easier to manage.
Thanks for the quick help, I really appreciate it.
On Dec 8, 9:28 am, Wolfram Kriesing <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > What is the best way to create a queryset for this without doing tons
> > of if statements, like:
>
> > if request.GET['first_id']
> > if request.GET['second_id']
> > if request.GET['third_id']
> > queryset =
> > Resource.objects.filter(first__id__exact=request.GET['first_id'],
> > second__id__exact=request.GET['second_id'],
> > third__id__exact=request.GET['third_id'])
> > else
> > queryset =
> > Resource.objects.filter(first__id__exact=request.GET['first_id'],
> > second__id__exact=request.GET['second_id'])
> > else
> > queryset =
> > Resource.objects.filter(first__id__exact=request.GET['first_id'])
> > elseif
> > #... so onYou might try this:
>
> kwargs = {}
> for key in ['first_id', 'second_id', 'third_id']:
> if request.GET[key]:
> kwargs[key] = request.GET[key]
> Resource.objects.filter(**kwargs)
>
> (i didnt test it, but thats the idea i guess ...)
>
> > That just seems like the worst way to do it. Can I pass a dictionary
> > to it somehow? What's the best way to do something like this?
>
> > Hope this wasn't extremely confusing. Let me know if you need any
> > other information from me.
>
> > Thanks a lot,
> > Stephen Mizell
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