Re: How do you write a django model that can crunch numbers and automatically populate another field with results?

Also, you can use aggregate queries to get the tfidf max and min: from django.db.models import Max, Min Party.objects.all().aggregate(Max(tfidf')) {'tfidf__max': 0.5 } See https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/dev/topics/db/aggregation/#cheat-sheet On Wednesday, 9 May 2012 01:00:18 UTC-4, Andy

Re: How do you write a django model that can crunch numbers and automatically populate another field with results?

You can hook into the model signal so that when the model changes, you do you calculation and change your models. https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/dev/ref/signals/#django.db.models.signals.post_save -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Django users"

How do you write a django model that can crunch numbers and automatically populate another field with results?

There's a more detailed version of this question where I've embedded graphics and explained my algorithm to make it more clear on stackoverflow. I haven't gotten a response on it yet so I thought I might come here and see if anyone can help me out.