Django: parametrizing db_table for inheritance - django

Question

I want to set the db_table Meta class attribute in a base class so that all inherited classes will have their names in it, similar to how Django treats related_name model field attribute:
class BaseModel(models.Model):
class Meta:
db_table = 'prefix_%(class)s'
So the inherited model:
class SubModel(BaseModel):
pass
will have db table prefix_submodel.
Is that possible? Can the Meta class access the inheriting class' model name?

Answer 1

No. You can't do that. It is not that simple to have same table to store for multiple classes.
What you need is probably djeneralize project.
From the examples:
class Fruit(BaseGeneralizedModel):
name = models.CharField(max_length=30)
def __unicode__(self):
return self.name
class Apple(Fruit):
radius = models.IntegerField()
class Meta:
specialization = 'apple'
class Banana(Fruit):
curvature = models.DecimalField(max_digits=3, decimal_places=2)
class Meta:
specialization = 'banana'
class Clementine(Fruit):
pips = models.BooleanField(default=True)
class Meta:
specialization = 'clementine'
which then allows the following queries to be executed:
>>> Fruit.objects.all() # what we've got at the moment
[<Fruit: Rosy apple>, <Fruit: Bendy banana>, <Fruit: Sweet
clementine>]
>>> Fruit.specializations.all() # the new stuff!
[<Apple: Rosy apple>, <Banana: Bendy banana>, <Clementine: Sweet
clementine>]