PostgreSQL and JSONField for serialized_data

grantmcconnaughey / django-field-history

A Django app to track changes to model fields.

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PostgreSQL and JSONField for serialized_data #2

Closed Kub-AT closed 8 years ago

Kub-AT commented 8 years ago

I t's just my suggestion but I think, for PostgreSQL you shoud use fields like HStoreField or JSONField for serialized_data field.

Django < 1.8.x: models.TextField()
Django = 1.8.x: from django.contrib.postgres.fields import HStoreField https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/1.8/ref/contrib/postgres/fields/#hstorefield
Django >= 1.9.x and PostgreSQL >= 9.4: from django.contrib.postgres.fields import JSONField https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/1.9/ref/contrib/postgres/fields/#jsonfield

grantmcconnaughey commented 8 years ago

Hey @Kub-AT, I've thought about doing this but I don't want to make this package Postgres-only. I haven't seen any examples of dynamically changing the type of field on a model based on which database backend is used, or which specific version (9.4+) of a backend is being used. If you have any suggestions then let me know.