Re: Initial save()

On 13 March 2011 00:40, Julian Hodgson <julian.of.london@googlemail.com> wrote:
> I need to set up some default values on a ManyToMany field only when a model
> is first created.
>
> How can I find out in the save() override if the object is being created for
> the first time?
>
> Do I check the table for rows which have self.id or is this not defined till
> after the save?
>
> Julian
>

It is enough to check if self.id [1] is set in save().

[1] http://docs.djangoproject.com/en/dev/ref/models/instances/#auto-incrementing-primary-keys

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