Re: How to do a generic field in an app.

[Jonty Needham]

So now, I'd like to do the following:

class AppConfig(models.Model):
my_content_type = ForeighnKey(ContentType)

wrote:

> Awesome -- thanks!
>
> On Mon, Sep 19, 2016 at 6:48 PM, Tim Graham  wrote:
>
>> Do you know about https://docs.djangoproject.com
>> /en/stable/ref/contrib/contenttypes/#generic-relations ?
>>
>>
>> On Monday, September 19, 2016 at 12:30:01 PM UTC-4, Jonty Needham wrote:
>>>
>>> I want to have a model that has a foreignkey to a model from another
>>> app. The app can be one of many.
>>>
>>> So far I've come up with a two field solution with:
>>>
>>> model_type = ForeignKey(ContentType)
>>> pk_field = PositiveIntegerField()
>>>
>>>
>>> with an appropriate getter. Is there a better way to do this? It feels
>>> like this has already been solved in a known "good" way.
>>>
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Re: How to do a generic field in an app.

[Jonty Needham]

Awesome -- thanks!

On Mon, Sep 19, 2016 at 6:48 PM, Tim Graham  wrote:

> Do you know about https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/stable/ref/contrib/
> contenttypes/#generic-relations ?
>
>
> On Monday, September 19, 2016 at 12:30:01 PM UTC-4, Jonty Needham wrote:
>>
>> I want to have a model that has a foreignkey to a model from another app.
>> The app can be one of many.
>>
>> So far I've come up with a two field solution with:
>>
>> model_type = ForeignKey(ContentType)
>> pk_field = PositiveIntegerField()
>>
>>
>> with an appropriate getter. Is there a better way to do this? It feels
>> like this has already been solved in a known "good" way.
>>
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Re: How to do a generic field in an app.

[Tim Graham]

Do you know about 
https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/stable/ref/contrib/contenttypes/#generic-relations
 
?

On Monday, September 19, 2016 at 12:30:01 PM UTC-4, Jonty Needham wrote:
>
> I want to have a model that has a foreignkey to a model from another app. 
> The app can be one of many.
>
> So far I've come up with a two field solution with:
>
> model_type = ForeignKey(ContentType)
> pk_field = PositiveIntegerField()
>
>
> with an appropriate getter. Is there a better way to do this? It feels 
> like this has already been solved in a known "good" way.
>

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