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Asked: 2026-05-29T08:59:50+00:00

Something like my_model.data_dict[‘my_field’] Which would give you the current value for that field? Need

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Something like

my_model.data_dict['my_field']

Which would give you the current value for that field? Need something like that to interface with my other code.

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  1. Editorial Team

    You may also want to have a look at the values method on the queryset. It will return dictionaries for any query instead of the usual model instances.

    https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/1.3/ref/models/querysets/#values

    (from docs)

    >>> Blog.objects.filter(name__startswith='Beatles').values()
[{'id': 1, 'name': 'Beatles Blog', 'tagline': 'All the latest Beatles news.'}]
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