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+from csv import reader
+from django.core.management.base import BaseCommand, CommandError
+from allotter.models import Exam
+
+class Command(BaseCommand):
+ args = '<file_name...>'
+ help = "Give the filename of the csv file that has all the exam code and exam name relation"
+
+ def handle(self, *args, **options):
+
+ clean_exam()
+
+ for fname in args:
+ load_exam(fname)
+
+ self.stdout.write('Done\n')
+
+
+def clean_exam():
+ """Removes all the objects from the database, required as if not done there might be a case of multile entries"""
+ data = Exam.objects.all()
+ data.delete()
+
+def load_exam(filename):
+ """Load exam code and exam name from the given csv file. The file should
+ declare a list of "exam_code;exam_name".
+ """
+ try:
+ csvFile = open(filename, 'rb')
+ except IOError as (errno,strerror):
+ print "I/O error({0}): {1}".format(errno, strerror)
+
+ csvReader = reader(csvFile, delimiter=";")
+
+ for data in csvReader:
+ new_exam = Exam.objects.create()
+ new_exam.exam_code = data[0]
+ new_exam.exam_name = data[1]
+ new_exam.save()
+ print "Added ({0} : {1})".format(data[0], data[1]) \ No newline at end of file