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Changeset 5698

Timestamp:

07/14/07 11:58:54 (1 year ago)

Author:

adrian

Message:

Edited docs/db-api.txt changes from [5658]

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123	123
124		When you save an Django object, some pre-processing will occur on the the data
125		that is in the object. For example, if your model has a ``DateField`` with
126		``auto_now=True`` set, the pre-save phase will alter the data in the object
127		to ensure that the date field contains the current date stamp.
128
129		Although these automated changes can be very useful, there will be times when
130		you just want to save the data as-is. In these cases, you can invoke a Raw Save
131		by passing ``raw=True`` as an argument to the ``save()`` method::
	124	New in Django development version
	125
	126	When you save an Django object, some pre-processing might occur on the the
	127	object's data before it's saved to the database. For example, if your model has
	128	a ``DateField`` with ``auto_now=True`` set, the pre-save phase will alter the
	129	data in the object to ensure that the date field contains the current date
	130	stamp.
	131
	132	Although these automated changes can be useful, sometimes you just want to save
	133	the data as-is. In these cases, you can invoke a raw save by passing
	134	``raw=True`` as an argument to the ``save()`` method::
132	135
133	136	b4.save(raw=True) # Saves object, but does no pre-processing
134	137
135		A raw save saves all the data in your object, but performs no pre-save processing
136		on the data in the object.
	138	A raw save saves all the data in your object, but performs no pre-save processing
	139	on the data in the object.
137	140
138	141	Saving changes to objects