Django

College Event Registration Website

CampusConnect Introduction and Setup Configuring settings file for template, static and media files Setting up Tailwind Creating Custom User Model Creating Super User for CampusConnect Registering Custom User Model Search and Filter for User Model Serving Media Files During Development Categorizing Departments Linking Department with HOD Creating Abstract Model for Event Creating Model for Workshop Customizing Admin Page for Workshop Update in Model AbstractEvent Adding Instructor for Workshop Instructor Model Admin Page Adding Poster Field in Abstract Event Providing Access to HOD Access Update for HOD Restricting HOD Access to Particular Department AbstractEvent On Spot Registration Field Creating Workshop Object Creating and Linking Home Page Displaying Workshop on Home Page Styling Home Page Adding Workshop Detail Page Link Workshop Detail Page Workshop Detail Page Styling Workshop Instructor Details Workshop Detail Contact Contact Admin Page Many to Many Field for Contact Displaying Contact on Workshop Detail Page Adding Title for Workshop Detail Page Adding Gallery for Workshop Workshop Gallery Admin Page Displaying Gallery Images on Website Through Context Displaying Gallery Images on Website through template tags Authentication for users User Registration User Registration Submission Logout Functionality For User Login Functionality for User Model For Workshop Registration Workshop Registration Admin Page Register Workshop Function Register Button in Workshop Page Validations Before Workshop Registration Workshop Registration Closed Validaiton User Already Registered for Workshop Validation Workshop Registration Report From Admin Page Export using Library in Django Admin Extending Abstract Event for Hackathons

Decimal Field

In Django models, the DecimalField is a field type used to store decimal numbers with fixed precision and scale. It is commonly used for fields that require accurate numeric representation, such as financial amounts, quantities, or any data that needs precise decimal values.

Example addition of salary field to the Person model.

class Person(models.Model):
    GENDER_CHOICES = (
    ('M', 'Male'),
    ('F', 'Female'),
    )
    first_name = models.CharField(max_length=30)
    bio = models.CharField(max_length=500, validators=[validate_bio],blank=True, null=True)
    gender = models.CharField(max_length=1, choices=GENDER_CHOICES,default="M")
    salary = models.DecimalField(max_digits=10, decimal_places=2)

In this example, a DecimalField named salary to store the salary of a person as a decimal number is defined. The max_digits parameter specifies the total number of digits (including both integer and fractional parts), and decimal_places specifies the number of digits to the right of the decimal point.

Here, after this you need to run the python manage.py makemigrations and python manage.py migrate command to make the changes in the database.

python manage.py makemigrations
python manage.py migrate

alt text Lets see the decimal field that was added now :

from datatypedemo.models import Person
p=Person.objects.get(id=1)
vars(p)

alt textHere, the salary field takes the value 5000.00, that was typed as a default value for the field during the migration of the model.

Other than max_digits and decimal_places, it can take other parameters such as blank, null or default as done in the IntegerField.

The DecimalField is a crucial field type in Django models for storing decimal numbers with precision. It provides control over the number of digits and decimal places, making it suitable for scenarios where accurate and consistent decimal representation is needed.