django query db on every request

Question

i have a navigation element that is determined by values in a database.

no matter what view it is, i need to get these navigation objects out of the database.

where in the code can i tell it to set a template variable containing all the navigation objeccts without setting it in every view?

Answer 1

It sounds like a good use for a context processor.

Answer 2

Right way to do this is to use templatetag. Then you don't have to include it in every view, just in your templates like {% load navigation %} {% navigation %}

How to write one:

• django docs on template tags (read overview and inclusion tags)
• anoher resource