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I've been using custom User models for over a month, and I can tell you that using a profile model is far nastier. Besides avoiding a join in the DB (or worse,
by jarcoal 14y ago
I've been using custom User models for over a month, and I can tell you that using a profile model is far nastier.
Besides avoiding a join in the DB (or worse, a separate select), being able to override user model methods has been an incredible benefit to my projects.
- ra 14y agoYeah I've been using them for about a month too and all I can say is, this is how it should have always been. The docs give you a pretty good starting point for a fully functional user model, and jarcoal (above) outlines a simple method for migrating from old to new.