On Mon, 2008-09-01 at 15:10 -0400, Jay Parlar wrote:
> On Mon, Sep 1, 2008 at 2:48 PM, Vance Dubberly <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >
> > So I'm finding there are multiple places where I'm needing to iterate
> > over the properties of a Model and I'm absolutely certain it's got to
> > be insanely easy to get a dictionary from a model but for the life of
> > me I can't figure it out, and I can't find any documentation on the
> > matter.
> >
> > basically I want to be able to do this:
> >
> > class Foo(models.Model):
> > bar = model.CharField(max_length=20)
> > barfoo = model.ForeignKey(Bar)
> >
> > foo = Foo.objects.get(pk=1)
> > foo.get_dictionary()
> > {'barfoo': 1, 'bar': 'bar value'}
>
> There might be a better way, but try taking a look at
> foo._meta._fields It does't give you exactly what you need, but the
> pieces are there.
Even simpler, Foo.objects.filter(pk=1).values()[0].
Regards,
Malcolm
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