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copied!<p>In my project I have two different types of users: teacher and student, each with their own profile data.</p> <p>After searching for the best approach it seems the way to go forward is using multi-table inheritance:</p> <pre><code>class BaseProfile(models.Model): user = models.OneToOneField(User) profile = models.CharField (max_length=10, choices={'teacher', 'student'}) # other common fields class Teacher(BaseProfile): # teacher specific fields class Student(BaseProfile): # student specific fields </code></pre> <p>And in <code>settings.py</code>: <code>AUTH_PROFILE_MODULE</code> = <code>myapp.BaseProfile</code>.</p> <p>Now I want to implement the same functionalities as in django-profiles: </p> <ul> <li>create profiles</li> <li>edit profiles</li> <li>display profiles</li> </ul> <p>I have a good idea how to do the edit and display part when I have the correct value in the <code>field profile</code> of <code>BaseProfile</code>.</p> <p>The problem:</p> <p>Now I want the creation of the profile to be done automatically (and in the right db: <code>Teacher</code> or <code>Student</code>) directly when a user is created by using a signal. The field <code>profile</code> should contain the value "student" when the user registers through the site via the registration form. The value should be "teacher" when the admin creates a new user through the admin interface.</p> <p>Anyone an idea how I can accomplish this? Probably I need to write a custom signal, something like the below, and send it from the User Model, but didn't found a working solution yet:</p> <pre><code>def create_user_profile(sender, instance, request, **kwargs): if request.user.is_staff: BaseProfile(user=instance, profile='teacher').save() else: BaseProfile(user=instance, profile='student').save() </code></pre> <p>Other and better approaches are of course also welcome!</p> <p>Thanks!</p>

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