Setting up two different types of Users in Django 1.5/1.6

Question

Please note--this is an updated version of my original question on this subject, but deserves to be asked again with the change in how Django deals with users and authentica

Answer 1

1. Create a BaseUser which extends Django's Abstract base User

2. Create two Sub Classes Named CustomerUser and StoreOwnerUser which extends BaseUser

   from django.db import models
   from django.contrib.auth.models import AbstractUser
   
   class BaseUser(AbstractUser):
       # all the common fields go here, for example:
       email = models.EmailField(max_length=10,unique=True)
       name = models.CharField(max_length=120)
   
   class StoreOwnerUser(BaseUser):
       # All Store Owner specific attribute goes here
       balance = models.some_balance_field()
       stores_owned = models.some_stores_owned_field()
   
       class Meta:
       verbose_name = 'Store Owner'
   
   class CustomerUser(BaseUser):
       # All Customer specific attribute goes here
       customer_id = models.CharField(max_length=30, unique=True)
       address =  models.some_address
       time_zone = models.something...
       ...
   
       class Meta:
           verbose_name = 'Customer'