import django from django.db import models from django.utils.six import with_metaclass, string_types def mutable_from_db(value): if value == '': return None try: if isinstance(value, string_types): return [int(i) for i in value.split(',')] except ValueError: pass return value def mutable_to_db(value): if value is None: return '' if isinstance(value, list): value = ','.join((str(i) for i in value)) return str(value) if django.VERSION >= (1, 9, 0): class MutableField(models.TextField): def to_python(self, value): return mutable_from_db(value) def from_db_value(self, value, expression, connection, context): return mutable_from_db(value) def get_db_prep_save(self, value, connection): value = super(MutableField, self).get_db_prep_save(value, connection) return mutable_to_db(value) else: class MutableField(with_metaclass(models.SubfieldBase, models.TextField)): def to_python(self, value): return mutable_from_db(value) def get_db_prep_save(self, value, connection): value = mutable_to_db(value) return super(MutableField, self).get_db_prep_save(value, connection)