Say I want to have an input form where one of the inputs is a multiple selection based on another table. So I have the following code:
# forms.py
class AddItemForm(ModelForm):
class Meta:
model = mpItem
exclude = ('date_created',
'created_by_user',
)
and the following view:
def add_item_view(request, template_name='data/add_item.html', current_app=None):
if request.method == 'POST':
form = AddItemForm(request.POST, request.FILES)
if form.is_valid():
item = form.save(False)
item.created_by_user = request.user
item.save()
return HttpResponseRedirect('../item/'+str(item.id))
else:
form = AddItemForm()
form.fields["mptype"].queryset = mpType.objects.all()
return render_to_response(template_name,context_instance=RequestContext(request,{'form':form})
)
and the template:
<form enctype="multipart/form-data" method="post" action=".">
{{ form.non_field_errors }}
<div class="fieldWrapper">
{{ form.title.errors }}
<label for="id_title" class="second">Title</lab开发者_运维技巧el>
{{ form.title }}
</div>
<div class="fieldWrapper">
{{ form.mptype.errors }}
<label for="id_mptype" class="second">Type</label>
{{ form.mptype }}
<p>
<span> Your item does not fit in any collection? Create a <a href="{% url addcollection %}">new one</a>.</span>
</p>
</div>
<div class="fieldWrapper">
{{ form.image.errors }}
<label for="id_image" class="second">Image</label>
{{ form.image }}
</div>
<div class="fieldWrapper">
{{ form.description.errors }}
<label for="id_description" class="second">Description</label>
{{ form.description }}
</div>
However when the template is rendered I got a list of objects which I don't know how to unpack (object mpType1, object mpType2). Ideally I would like the selection fields to be the 'title' field of these objects and their values to be their id's. What am I missing here?
If I understand what you're asking correctly (you want to customize how the objects appear in the select box), all you need to do is add a __unicode__
method to the mpType model, like:
def __unicode__(self):
return self.title
so that Django knows how you'd like those items to be displayed.
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