Re: subclassing UserCreationForm

> Well, first I can to "if X == Student: ...", and I know the fields will be > there. > Second, User will have no additional properties (as I understand), but once > I do "Model --> User" relations ALL users will have that property. So each > user might have the .course property, AND the .subject

Re: subclassing UserCreationForm

2010/9/24 Jason > > "Creating the relationship between User and UserInfo has some > implications I'd like to avoid on a model-level" > > Specifically what are you referring to here? Because anytime you > subclass in Django you are basically doing the exact thing in the >

Re: subclassing UserCreationForm

Don't get me wrong - I'm not saying my way is right and I'm not saying anyone is doing anything necessarily wrong. I'm still a Django noob in a lot of ways. Just things to keep in mind - if you do have multiple types of users subclassing might be a bad idea if there are possibilities of being

Re: subclassing UserCreationForm

Thanks a lot for your answers. I thought subclassing users is a nice idea, cause a Student IS a user, with a few extended attributes. I decided to subclass users, because ... * when adding a UserInfo -> user relationship (class UserInfo(Model): user = ForeignKey('User')), ALL users having a

Re: subclassing UserCreationForm

> Mainly, I just don't think you're subclassing User for the right > reasons. In fact, I can't really think of anytime I would subclass > it. Usually adding a related table is a better way to go (lookup > django user profiles for example). > There are times when the builtin User model is not

Re: subclassing UserCreationForm

I'm not sure how to solve your exact problem but I would recommend NOT extending the user class here. You'll probably want to create a manytomany field on your Course model that contains users. And if you're going to have many different types of users you'll want to create groups. Put students

Re: subclassing UserCreationForm

All right, I found some sources. http://stackoverflow.com/questions/1061279/for-the-django-admin-how-do-i-add-a-field-to-the-user-model-and-have-it-editable http://blog.picante.co.nz/post/Subclassing-User-to-add-extra-fields-in-the-Django-Admin-Site/ By strictly holding to these, and by