Ticket #3180: update.diff

File update.diff, 3.9 KB (added by Gary Wilson <gary.wilson@…>, 18 years ago)

update() method with documentation and tests

  • tests/modeltests/update/models.py

    === added directory 'tests/modeltests/update'
    === added file 'tests/modeltests/update/__init__.py'
    === added file 'tests/modeltests/update/models.py'
     
     1"""
     234. update()
     3
     4update() will update an object's fields with the paramaters passed to it,
     5and then save the object.
     6"""
     7
     8from django.db import models
     9from django.core import validators
     10
     11class User(models.Model):
     12    username = models.CharField(maxlength=30, unique=True,
     13                                validator_list=[validators.isAlphaNumeric])
     14    first_name = models.CharField(maxlength=100)
     15    last_name = models.CharField(maxlength=100)
     16
     17    def __str__(self):
     18        return '%s %s "%s"' % (self.first_name, self.last_name, self.username)
     19
     20    class Meta:
     21        ordering = ('username',)
     22
     23__test__ = {'API_TESTS':"""
     24# Lets create a User.
     25>>> u1 = User.objects.create(username='brave', first_name='Sir', last_name='Robin')
     26
     27# Only one User in the database so far.
     28>>> User.objects.all()
     29[<User: Sir Robin "brave">]
     30
     31# Now we update the user's username and check that it was indeed updated.
     32>>> u1.update(username='notsobrave')
     33>>> u1.username
     34'notsobrave'
     35
     36# We should still only have one User in the database.
     37>>> User.objects.all()
     38[<User: Sir Robin "notsobrave">]
     39
     40# We should be able to grab the User by its new username.
     41>>> u1 = User.objects.get(username='notsobrave')
     42
     43# And we should no longer have a User with username 'brave'.
     44>>> User.objects.filter(username='brave').count()
     450L
     46
     47# Let's create another User.
     48>>> u2 = User.objects.create(username='brave', first_name='Sir', last_name='Lancelot')
     49
     50# Two Users in the database now, and we also have the first User's updated data.
     51>>> User.objects.all()
     52[<User: Sir Lancelot "brave">, <User: Sir Robin "notsobrave">]
     53
     54# We can update more than one field at a time.
     55>>> u1.update(username='pure', last_name='Galahad')
     56
     57# The user did indeed get updated.
     58>>> User.objects.all()
     59[<User: Sir Lancelot "brave">, <User: Sir Galahad "pure">]
     60
     61# If we have a dictionary of fields to change, we can pass that to
     62# update() also.
     63>>> data = {'username': 'knight', 'first_name': 'Knight'}
     64>>> u1.update(**data)
     65>>> u1
     66<User: Knight Galahad "knight">
     67>>> User.objects.all()
     68[<User: Sir Lancelot "brave">, <User: Knight Galahad "knight">]
     69"""}
  • django/db/models/base.py

    === modified file 'django/db/models/base.py'
     
    217217
    218218    save.alters_data = True
    219219
     220    def update(self, **kwargs):
     221        """
     222        Set the object's fields to the new values passed in as keyword
     223        arguments and then save the object.  Fields not specified in the
     224        keyword arguments will not be altered.
     225        """
     226        # Nothing to do if we have no keyword arguments.
     227        if kwargs:
     228            self.__dict__.update(kwargs)
     229            self.save()
     230
     231    update.alters_data = True
     232
    220233    def validate(self):
    221234        """
    222235        First coerces all fields on this instance to their proper Python types.
  • docs/db-api.txt

    === modified file 'docs/db-api.txt'
     
    16141614
    16151615    Entry.objects.all().delete()
    16161616
     1617Updating objects
     1618================
     1619
     1620The ``create(**kwargs)`` method is a convenience method for updating and
     1621saving an object all in one step.  If we were to get an object::
     1622
     1623    p = Person.objects.get(pk=1)
     1624
     1625Then, we could update the person's first and last name like so::
     1626
     1627    p.update(first_name="Bruce", last_name="Springsteen")
     1628
     1629Note that this would be equivalent to the following::
     1630
     1631    p.first_name = "Bruce"
     1632    p.last_name = "Springsteen"
     1633    p.save()
     1634
    16171635Extra instance methods
    16181636======================
    16191637
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