Django proxy model and ForeignKey

Question

How to make entry.category to be instance of CategoryProxy? See code for details:

class Category(models.Model): pass

class Entry(models.Model):
    category         


        

Answer 1

This question already has an accepted answer, but wanted to post this for anyone who may come searching.

You can patch the model at runtime with the new field so that relations work as expected. A full example can be seen here - https://gist.github.com/carymrobbins/8721082

from django.db.models.fields.related import ReverseSingleRelatedObjectDescriptor

def override_model_field(model, field, field_name, column_name):
    """Force override a field in a Django Model.
    Usage: override_model_field(
        MyModel, models.ForeignKey(OtherModel), 'other', 'other_id')
    :type model: django.db.models.base.ModelBase
    :type field: django.db.models.fields.Field
    :type field_name: basestring
    :type column_name: basestring
    """
    field.name = field_name
    field.attname = column_name
    for i, f in enumerate(model._meta.fields):
        if f.name == field_name:
            model._meta.fields[i] = field
            break
    else:
        raise TypeError('Model {!r} does not have a field {!r}.'
                        .format(model, field_name))
    model.add_to_class(field_name,
                       ReverseSingleRelatedObjectDescriptor(field))