Django模型/数据库设计用于子类

Question

好吧，我不太擅长描述。这里有一个关系图。

在Django中，我创建了我的模型，如下所示：

from django.db import models
from datetime import datetime

class Survey(models.Model):
    name = models.CharField(max_length=100)
    pub_date = models.DateTimeField('date published',default=datetime.now)
    def __unicode__(self):
        return self.name

# This model should be abstracted by a more specific model
class Section(models.Model):
    survey = models.ForeignKey(Survey)
    name = models.CharField(max_length=100)
    def __unicode__(self):
        return self.name

# Models for supporting the 'ratings' mode
class RatingSection(Section):
    pass

class RatingQuestion(models.Model):
    section = models.ForeignKey(RatingSection)
    name = models.CharField(max_length=255)
    def __unicode__(self):
        return self.name

class RatingAnswer(models.Model):
    section = models.ForeignKey(RatingSection)
    name = models.CharField(max_length=60)
    def __unicode__(self):
        return self.name

class RatingVotes(models.Model):
    question = models.ForeignKey(RatingQuestion)
    answer = models.ForeignKey(RatingAnswer)
    votes = models.PositiveIntegerField(default=0)
    def __unicode__(self):
        return self.votes + self.answer.name + ' votes for ' + self.question.name

# Models for supporting the 'multichoice' mode
class MultiChoiceSection(Section):
    can_select_multiple = models.BooleanField()

class MultiChoiceQuestion(models.Model):
    section = models.ForeignKey(MultiChoiceSection)
    name = models.CharField(max_length=255)
    def __unicode__(self):
        return self.name

class MultiChoiceAnswer(models.Model):
    section = models.ForeignKey(MultiChoiceSection)
    name = models.CharField(max_length=60)
    votes = models.PositiveIntegerField(default=0)
    def __unicode__(self):
        return self.name

问题是我几乎可以肯定这样做不是正确的方式，即使是这样，我也不知道怎么让Django的管理区域显示一个选项，让用户选择他们想要的子类型部分。

那么，构建这种模型的最佳方式是什么呢？

Answer 1

你可以有一个叫做“section”的类，里面有一个属性叫做 type，这个属性可以是“rating”（评分）或者“multiplechoice”（多选）——在管理界面中会显示为一个下拉框。
不过我觉得你应该看看Django提供的创建抽象模型的功能：http://docs.djangoproject.com/en/dev/topics/db/models/#id6

class Section(models.Model):
    survey = models.ForeignKey(Survey)
    name = models.CharField(max_length=100)

    class Meta:
        abstract = True        # no db table created for this model

    def __unicode__(self):
        return self.name


class RatingSection(Section):
    pass

class MultiChoiceSection(Section):
    can_select_multiple = models.BooleanField()