get or create user

gistfile1.py

# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
import time
from django.db import models, connection
from myapp.models import OraAbbOy1001

id = # comes somewhere
try:
    user = OraAbbOy1001.objects.get(id=id)

except OraAbbOy1001.DoesNotExist:

    # select nextval from ID sequence
    seq_name = 'q1001user'
    cursor = connection.cursor()
    cursor.execute("SELECT %s.NEXTVAL FROM DUAL" % seq_name)
    userid = cursor.fetchone()[0]

    # create new user
    user = OraAbbOy1001.objects.create(
        id=userid,
        name='Vic Video',
        create_date=time.strftime('%Y-%m-%d',time.localtime()),
    )

    log.info("OraAbbOy1001 user id %i (%s) created" % (
        user.id,
        user.name
        )
    )