When I clone a django model instance I used to clean the 'pk' field. This seems not to work with an inherited model :

Take this :

class ModelA(models.Model):
    info1 = models.CharField(max_length=64)

class ModelB(ModelA):
    info2 = models.CharField(max_length=64)

class ModelC(ModelB):
    info3 = models.CharField(max_length=64)

Now let's create an instance and clone it by the 'usual' way ( I am using a django shell ):

In [1]: c=ModelC(info1="aaa",info2="bbb",info3="ccc")

In [2]: c.save()

In [3]: c.pk
Out[3]: 1L

In [4]: c.pk=None  <------ to clone

In [5]: c.save()   <------ should generate a new instance with a new index key

In [6]: c.pk       
Out[6]: 1L         <------ but don't

In [7]: ModelC.objects.all()
Out[7]: [<ModelC: ModelC object>]   (only one instance !)

The only way I found was to do :

In [16]: c.pk =None

In [17]: c.id=None

In [21]: c.modela_ptr_id=None

In [22]: c.modelb_ptr_id=None

In [23]: c.save()

In [24]: c.pk
Out[24]: 2L    <---- successful clone containing info1,info2,info3 from original instance

In [25]: ModelC.objects.all()
Out[25]: [<ModelC: ModelC object>, <ModelC: ModelC object>]

I find that very ugly, is there a more nice way to clone an instance from an inherited model ?

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