Use exists() instead of count()

Signed-off-by: Dan McGee <dpmcgee@gmail.com>

1 files changed, 3 insertions, 3 deletions

diff --git a/mycomments/signals.py b/mycomments/signals.py
index 0436ab9..774bfcd 100644
--- a/mycomments/signals.py
+++ b/mycomments/signals.py
@@ -53,9 +53,9 @@ def check_spam_comment(sender, **kwargs):
     # if the comment has a logged-in user, we don't to check it
     if comment.user:
         return True
-    ip_ct = BannedIP.objects.filter(ip_address=comment.ip_address).count()
-    un_ct = BannedUserName.objects.filter(user_name=comment.user_name).count()
-    if ip_ct > 0 or un_ct > 0:
+    ip_exists = BannedIP.objects.filter(ip_address=comment.ip_address).exists()
+    un_exists = BannedUserName.objects.filter(user_name=comment.user_name).exists()
+    if ip_exists or un_exists:
         # If we found the IP or name in the ban table, this comment is bogus.
         # Returning 'False' will throw a 403 and comment is discarded.
         return False