Django:如何在post_save信号中访问原始(未修改的)实例

我想做一个数据非规范化以获得更好的性能,并在Post模型中收到我的博客帖子收到的一些投票:
class Post(models.Model):
    """ Blog entry """
    author          = models.ForeignKey(User)
    title           = models.CharField(max_length=255)
    text            = models.TextField()
    rating          = models.IntegerField(default=0) # here is the sum of votes!

class Vote(models.Model):
    """ Vote for blog entry """
    post            = models.ForeignKey(Post)
    voter           = models.ForeignKey(User)
    value           = models.IntegerField()
当然,我需要保持
Post.rating
值实际。 Nornally我会使用数据库触发器,但现在我决定发出一个
post_save
信号(减少数据库处理时间):
# vote was saved
@receiver(post_save, sender=Vote)
def update_post_votes(sender, instance, created, **kwargs):
    """ Update post rating """
    if created:
        instance.post.rating += instance.value
        instance.post.save()
    else:
        # if vote was updated, we need to remove the old vote value and add the new one
        # but how...?
如何在保存之前访问实例值?在数据库触发器中,我会为此预定义
OLD
NEW
,但在post_save信号中是否有这样的东西? UPDATE 解决方案基于马克的答案:
# vote was saved
@receiver(pre_save, sender=Vote)
def update_post_votes_on_save(sender, instance, **kwargs):
    """ Update post rating """
    # if vote is being updated, then we must remove previous value first
    if instance.id:
        old_vote = Vote.objects.get(pk=instance.id)
        instance.post.rating -= old_vote.value
    # now adding the new vote
    instance.post.rating += instance.value
    instance.post.save()
    
已邀请:
我相信
post_save
为时已晚,无法检索未经修改的版本。顾名思义,此时数据已经写入数据库。你应该用
pre_save
代替。在这种情况下,您可以通过pk:
old = Vote.objects.get(pk=instance.pk)
从db检索模型,并检查当前实例和上一个实例的差异。     

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