[Answer]-What is the best way to add temporary information to a Django model? (without creating a new model)

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You’re worrying unnecessarily about storing a (presumably) small amount of text along with your ToDoList. Here’s how I would handle it, if the goal was to keep it simple, and not add another model.

class ToDoList(models.Model):
    name = models.CharField(...)
    validated_at = models.DateTimeField(..., null=True, editable=False)
    rejection_reason = models.TextFiel(..., editable=False)

Query for validated_at__isnull=False to get validated todo lists, ignoring rejection_reason altogether. Query for validated_at__isnull=True to get a list of unvalidated todo lists, and use rejection_reason to display the reason to the user. If you want to save space in your database, empty the rejection_reason field when a todo list is validated. You can also use filter (rejection_reason="") to narrow the todo lists to those that don’t have a rejection reason (e.g., those that haven’t been validated or rejected yet), or exclude on the same thing to get those that have been rejected.

👤orokusaki

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