Re: Accessing model from view

2008-06-20 Thread Adi J. Sieker
Hi, On Fri, 20 Jun 2008 20:42:57 +0200, diggs <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Thanks. It's actually the importing part that I don't know how to do. > assuming you have: models.py: ROLES = ( whatever ) views.py: import models models.ROLES and since you are probably interacting with

Re: Accessing model from view

2008-06-20 Thread Richard Dahl
You should be able to access it in a template from an instance of a model that uses it via: model_instance_object.ROLES but if you just want to access from the template generically, then yes, you need to pass it to the template. hth, -richard On 6/20/08, diggs <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > >

Re: Accessing model from view

2008-06-20 Thread diggs
Thank you. Now I'm realizing that I didn't ask my question correctly. I want to access ROLES from within a template. Do I have to pass it to the template each time I need it or can I access it directly somehow? On Jun 20, 2:47 pm, Juanjo Conti <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > In views.py: > > from

Re: Accessing model from view

2008-06-20 Thread Juanjo Conti
In views.py: from models import ROLES Greets, Juanjo -- mi blog: http://www.juanjoconti.com.ar --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Django users" group. To post to this group, send email to

Re: Accessing model from view

2008-06-20 Thread diggs
Thanks. It's actually the importing part that I don't know how to do. On Jun 20, 2:29 pm, "Richard Dahl" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > sure, its just python: > for r in ROLES: >     r[0] #retrieves 'Associate' the first iteration >     r[1] # also retrieves 'Associate' > > You just need to ensure

Re: Accessing model from view

2008-06-20 Thread Richard Dahl
sure, its just python: for r in ROLES: r[0] #retrieves 'Associate' the first iteration r[1] # also retrieves 'Associate' You just need to ensure that ROLES is imported into your views. hth, -richard On 6/20/08, diggs <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Hello, > > I've defined a set of

Accessing model from view

2008-06-20 Thread diggs
Hello, I've defined a set of choices in my model.py file that are used in a particular model via the CHOICE arg. Is it possible to access these values from a view to populate a random select list? In models: ROLES = ( ('Associate', 'Associate'), ('Role 2', 'Role2'), ) I don't want to