How can I create an inherited django model instance from an existing base model instance?

Question

I have two django models like these:

class Place(models.Model):
    name = models.CharField(max_length=50)
    address = models.CharField(max_length=80)

class Restaurant(Place):
    serves_hot_dogs = models.BooleanField()
    serves_pizza = models.BooleanField()

I had previously created a Place instance, like this:

sixth_ave_street_vendor = Place(name='Bobby Hotdogs', address='6th Ave')
sixth_ave_street_vendor.save()

Now bobby has upgraded his street vendor to a restaurant. How can I do that in my code?! Why this code doesn't work:

sixth_ave_restaurant = Restaurant(place=sixth_ave_street_vendor,
                                  serves_hot_dogs=True,
                                  serves_pizza=True)
sixth_ave_restaurant.save()

Answer 1

Here is my workaround:

sixth_ave_restaurant = Restaurant(place_ptr=sixth_ave_street_vendor,
                                  serves_hot_dogs=True,
                                  serves_pizza=True)
sixth_ave_restaurant.save_base(raw=True)

And if you want to do something else with sixth_ave_restaurant, you should get it again, because its id is not assigned yet, as it gets assigned after normal save():

sixth_ave_restaurant = Restaurant.objects.get(id=sixth_ave_street_vendor.id)

Answer 2

You should use place_ptr instead of place.

restaurant = Restaurant.objects.create(place_ptr=sixth_ave_street_vendor,
                                       serves_hot_dogs=True, serves_pizza=True)