I added a new model with one permission, and now I need to add that permission to a few users on the production machine after deploying the code and running syncdb for the new app involved. I haven't found the correct way to do this. The auth docs mention User.user_permissions.add(permission), but never tell me what 'permission' is or th...
I have a Model as follows
class TankJournal(models.Model):
user = models.ForeignKey(User)
tank = models.ForeignKey(TankProfile)
ts = models.IntegerField(max_length=15)
title = models.CharField(max_length=50)
body = models.TextField()
I have a modelform as follows for that model
class JournalForm(ModelForm):
tank = forms...
I would like to run several virtual hosts via nginx, each serving a different django app via fcgi. Is this possible? If so, does anyone have good resources on where/how to start? The nginx docs seem to be mostly examples, but none of the particular config I'm attempting...
...
class dbview(models.Model):
# field definitions omitted for brevity
class Meta:
db_table = 'read_only_view'
def main(request):
result = dbview.objects.all()
Caught an exception while rendering: (1054, "Unknown column 'read_only_view.id' in 'field list'")
There is no primary key I can see in the view. Is there a wo...
Hi there,
after caching several views on my django project -@cache_page(60 * 5)- I've noticed that memcached caches the entire view, even the request argument! So if the first user that visits a page is logged in as userxyz, all other anonymous or registered users that will ask the same page will be presented with the page that was cach...
I'm somewhat new to Python, Django, and I'd like some advice on how to layout the code I'd like to write.
I have the model written that allows a file to be uploaded. In the models save method I'm checking if the file has a specific extension. If it has an XML extension I'm opening the file and grabbing some information from the file to ...
Another question on some forms
Here is my model
class TankJournal(models.Model):
user = models.ForeignKey(User)
tank = models.ForeignKey(TankProfile)
ts = models.IntegerField(max_length=15)
title = models.CharField(max_length=50)
body = models.TextField()
Here is my modelform
class JournalForm(ModelForm):
tan...
I am using the Gmail SMTP server to send out emails from users of my website.
These are the default settings in my settings.py
EMAIL_HOST = 'smtp.gmail.com'
EMAIL_HOST_USER = '[email protected]'
EMAIL_HOST_PASSWORD = 'pwd'
EMAIL_PORT = 587
EMAIL_USE_TLS = True
SERVER_EMAIL = EMAIL_HOST_USER
DEFAULT_FROM_EMAIL = EMAIL_HOST_USER
If I...
Hi there,
I wrote a django app, but i have a little problem with the file permissions of the uploads files from a web form.
Baically i can upload a .mp3 file but it always keep chmod 600.
Th container folder has chmod 775, and the umask is set to 022.
I'm in a shared hosting service.
Thanks if any one can give a clue.
...
I would like to write a script that is not activated by a certain URL, but by clicking on a link from the admin interface.
How do I do this?
Thanks!
...
Ok, I'm sure I'm missing something stupidly simple, since nobody else seems to be asking the same question. Either way, the problem's annoying me, so I'll suck up my pride and just ask it. I'm mainly just playing around right now with creating a simple Training/Testing application. For starters, I need to be able to create a quiz type ap...
What i want to do is when some model use my field, it will automaticaly add custom manager to that model.
As far as i know, contibute_to_class provide such functionality
class MyCustomField(CharField):
def contribute_to_class(self, cls, name):
super(MyCustomField, self).contribute_to_class(cls, name)
setattr(cls, 'c...
I want to Embed a chart in a Web Application developed using django.
I have come across Google charts API, ReportLab, PyChart, MatPlotLib and ChartDirector
I want to do it in the server side rather than send the AJAX request to Google chart APIs, as I also want to embed the chart into the PDF.
Which is the best option to use, and what...
I am using MPTT's templatetag to render my genre tree.
{% for genre, structure in genres|tree_info %}
{% if tree.new_level %}<ul><li>{% else %}</li><li>{% endif %}
{{ genre.name }}
{% for level in tree.closed_levels %}</li></ul>{% endfor %}
{% endfor %}
The thing is, my genre object has is_visible property w...
I have built my website in Django. And like any other django project I have got apps inside the project root directory and some special folders like(extensions a.k.a custom django command extensions). With an app, we dont have any problem with having testcases. "tests.py" inside the app directory will be the solution. But for a special f...
I am working with django and having a hard time grasping how to do complex queries
Here is my model
class TankJournal(models.Model):
user = models.ForeignKey(User)
tank = models.ForeignKey(TankProfile)
ts = models.DateTimeField(auto_now=True)
title = models.CharField(max_length=50)
body = models.TextField()
cla...
Is there a way to run some custom SQL statements after syncdb does it thing creating the tables for the models? Specifically, I would like to create some database views.
Thanks in advanced.
...
OK. I just tied myself in a knot trying to make a form in Django which I can use to either enter data about a new record or update an existing one.
Can anyone sketch out the right things I should have in my forms, views and urls if have this model? :
class Person(models.Model) :
name = models.CharField()
age = models.IntegerField(...
I want to inherit a model class from some 3rd party code. I won't be using some of the fields but want my client to be able to edit the model in Admin. Is the best bet to hide them from Admin or can I actually prevent them being created in the first place?
Additionally - what can I do if one of the unwanted fields is required? My first ...
Is there a way to rewrite this query using the Django QuerySet object:
SELECT b.created_on, SUM(a.vote)
FROM votes a JOIN votes b ON a.created_on <= b.created_on
WHERE a.object_id = 1
GROUP BY 1
Where votes is a table, object_id is an int that occurs multiple times (foreign key - although that doesn't matter here), and created_on whic...