Changeset 7976 for django/trunk/docs/contenttypes.txt

Timestamp:

07/18/08 21:46:12 (4 months ago)

Author:

russellm

Message:

Fixed #7785 -- Added a note in the contenttypes documentation that GenericRelations? must share a common field type for primary keys. Thanks to Rudolph for the suggestion and initial draft.

Files:

• django/trunk/docs/contenttypes.txt (modified) (1 diff)

django/trunk/docs/contenttypes.txt

@@ -205 +205 @@
-       models you'll be relating to. (For most models, this means an
-       ``IntegerField`` or ``PositiveIntegerField``.)
+
+           This field must be of the same type as the primary key of the models
+           that will be involved in the generic relation. For example, if you use
+           ``IntegerField``, you won't be able to form a generic relation with a
+           model that uses a ``CharField`` as a primary key.
-
-    3. Give your model a ``GenericForeignKey``, and pass it the names of