Question

Ok, in my models.py file I’ve just created this:

class PL(models.Model):
  created = models.DateTimeField(default=timezone.now)
  owner = models.ForeignKey(User, related_name='PL')
  text = models.CharField(max_length=2000, blank=True)
  rating = models.IntegerField(default=0)
  pal = models.ManyToManyField(PS, blank=True, null=True)
  class Meta:
    verbose_name = "PL text"
  def __unicode__(self):
    return self.user

class PS(models.Model):
  Original = models.ForeignKey(PL, related_name='OPL', blank=True)
  rating = models.IntegerField(default=0)
  word = models.CharField(max_length=50, blank=True)

  def __unicode__(self):
    return "Word: %s" % (self.word)

but I keep getting: NameError: name ‘PS’ is not defined

Why is this happening?

Answer 1

Like mgilson says, It goes top to bottom. But Django has a way to overcome it by doing this –

pal = models.ManyToManyField('PS', blank=True, null=True)

Django doc describes it under ForeignKey.

If you need to create a relationship on a model that has not yet been defined, you can use the name of the model, rather than the model object itself.

You can read more here.