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canadadry
canadadry

Reputation: 8443

How to retrieve the app name from within my model declaration

In my application pos, I have the following model::

class Receipt(Model):
    class Meta:    
        db_table = 'pos_receipt'

I want to rename the table as pos_receipt_ghost and I don't want to hardcode the app name. I want to do this:

class Receipt(Model):
    class Meta:    
        db_table = '%s_receipt_ghost` % get_app_name()

Does something like get_app_name exists ?

Upvotes: 1

Views: 79

Answers (1)

Mariusz Jamro
Mariusz Jamro

Reputation: 31653

Name of the app is available in Meta.app_label

class Receipt(Model):
    class Meta:
        pass
Receipt._meta.db_table = '%s_receipt_ghost' % Receipt._meta.app_label

Or

class Receipt(Model):
    class Meta:
        db_table = '%s_receipt_ghost'                
Receipt._meta.db_table %= Receipt._meta.app_label

Upvotes: 1

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