Django LowerCaseCharField

Question

We implemented a LowerCaseCharField. We would be happy to hear better implementation suggestions.

from django.db.models.fields import CharField

class LowerCaseC         


        

Answer 1

Using Python properties is not straightforward because of the way django.models.Models magically set their instance attributes based on class attributes. There is an open bug out for this.

I ended up doing exactly what the original poster did.

It means you have to do:

>>> modelinstance.field_name="TEST"
>>> modelinstance.save() # Extra step
>>> print modelinstance.field_name
'test'