Or >>> foo = Foo.objects.values().get(pk=1) >>> type(foo)<type 'dict'>
2008/9/1 Malcolm Tredinnick <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > 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 > > > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---