Hi Malcom,
Thanks for your help.
Being a noob this was the first time i used the save() method and it
just rocks!
Issue solved.
Regards,
Sajal
On Dec 15, 7:04 am, Malcolm Tredinnick <malc...@pointy-stick.com>
wrote:
> On Sun, 2008-12-14 at 15:43 -0800, sajal wrote:
> > when using Multi-table inheritance, how do i know what type is the
> > child?
>
> Add a child_type field explicitly to the parent model and set it during
> the save() method. That will save on database queries. You could also
> just try to access the child attribute ("article", "image", etc), but
> that will cause one database query to be executed each time.
>
> Django doesn't automatically add any such type field for you, since that
> would prevent subclassing third-party models (you don't necessarily have
> permission to alter their tables, and shouldn't do so anyway, as a
> rule). If you're in complete control of the parent model, set it up to
> suit your requirements.
>
> Regards,
> Malcolm
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