For something like this the best way to do this is a generic foreign key, here is an example: http://www.djangoproject.com/documentation/models/generic_relations/ . For comments though you should probably check out, django.contrib.comments, or one of the other open source comment packages(such as threadedcomments).
On Apr 28, 11:40 pm, Mike Chambers <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I am writing my first django app. I have Items, which can have multiple > comments associated with them. > > Normally, I could express this in my model as: > > --- > class Comment(models.Model): > comment = models.TextField(core=True) > item = models.ForeignKey(Item) > > class Item(models.Model): > name = models.CharField(core=True, max_length=255, unique=True) > --- > > However, I am trying to learn to split my project up into individual > applications, and have thus put the comment functionality in its own > app. I dont mind if the Item app knows about the Comment app, but I > don't want to Comment app to reference the Item app (so I can use > comments with other apps / types in the future). > > So, is there anyway to express a OneToMany relationship from the Item? > Something like: > > class Comment(models.Model): > comment = models.TextField(core=True) > > class Item(models.Model): > name = models.CharField(core=True, max_length=255, unique=True) > comments = models.OneToMany(Comment) > > That would accomplish the same as above, but would allow me to keep my > Comment model from having to know what type of objects it is being > associated with. > > I apologize if this has an obvious answer. Again, I am new to django, > and trying to work my way through the best way to use the framework > (which I love, btw). > > mike chambers --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/django-users?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
