django-bulk-update 0.2

Bulk update for django.

django-bulk-update
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Simple bulk update over Django ORM or with helper function.

This project aims to bulk update given objects using **one query** over **Django ORM**.

Installation
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pip install django-bulk-update

Usage
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With manager:

from bulk_update.manager import BulkUpdateManager

class Person(models.Model):
...
objects = BulkUpdateManager()

random_names = ['Walter', 'The Dude', 'Donny', 'Jesus']
people = Person.objects.all()
for person in people:
r = random.randrange(4)
person.name = random_names[r]

Person.objects.bulk_update(people, update_fields=['name']) # updates only name column
Person.objects.bulk_update(people, exclude_fields=['username']) # updates all columns except username
Person.objects.bulk_update(people) # updates all columns


With helper:

from bulk_update.helper import bulk_update

random_names = ['Walter', 'The Dude', 'Donny', 'Jesus']
people = Person.objects.all()
for person in people:
r = random.randrange(4)
person.name = random_names[r]

bulk_update(people, update_fields=['name']) # updates only name column
bulk_update(people, exclude_fields=['username']) # updates all columns except username
bulk_update(people, using='someotherdb') # updates all columns using the given db
bulk_update(people) # updates all columns using the default db

Requirements
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- Django 1.2+

TODO
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- Add batch_size option.