Home/ Questions/Q 3228674
In Process

The Archive Base Latest Questions

Editorial Team
  • 0
Asked: 2026-05-17T16:43:15+00:00

I’ve got a model Child inheriting from a (non abstract) model Parent. For a

  • 0

I’ve got a model Child inheriting from a (non abstract) model Parent.
For a given instance parent of Parent, how can I know if it’s a Child?

If it is,

parent.child

returns the child, but otherwise it returns a DoesNotExist exception.

Is a try/except the only way to check that?

Thanks

jul

# EDIT

I’ve just find the same question here:
Distinguishing parent model's children with Django inheritance.

And the answer is…. 

hasattr(parent, 'child')
Share

Leave an answer

You must login to add an answer.

Need An Account,

1 Answer

  1. Editorial Team

    I’ve just find the same question here:
    Distinguishing parent model's children with Django inheritance.

    And the answer is…. 

    hasattr(parent, 'child')
    • 0