Django: List field in model?

Question

In my model, I want a field that has a list of triplets. e.g. [[1, 3, 4], [4, 2, 6], [8, 12, 3], [3, 3, 9]]. Is there a field that can store this data in the da

Answer 1

You can flatten the list and then store the values to a CommaSeparatedIntegerField. When you read back from the database, just group the values back into threes.

Disclaimer: according to database normalization theory, it is better not to store collections in single fields; instead you would be encouraged to store the values in those triplets in their own fields and link them via foreign keys. In the real world, though, sometimes that is too cumbersome/slow.