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Daya
Daya

Reputation: 37

django manytomany object's field returns empty

I have a couple of classes in a model linked with ManyToManyField: 

class UserProfile(models.Model):
    contacts = models.ManyToManyField(Contact)

class Contact(models.Model):
    first_name = models.CharField(max_length=50)

In a view I am passing:

contacts_list = request.user_profile.contacts

This produces some strange string of numbers that changes each time the template is refreshed:

{% for c in contacts_list %}
    {{ c }}
{% endfor %}

This produces nothing:

{% for c in contacts_list %}
    {{ c.first_name }}
{% endfor %}

In my Contact class I also have the __unicode__(self) defined to return the first_name, so why does the ManyToManyField object not return this value? I also cannot figure out how to successfully display the first_name field values. Thanks for any suggestions or help!

Upvotes: 2

Views: 1200

Answers (1)

Mariusz Jamro
Mariusz Jamro

Reputation: 31633

Try adding all to view:

contacts_list = request.user_profile.contacts.all()

or to template:

{% for c in contacts_list.all %}
    {{ c.first_name }}
{% endfor %}

Upvotes: 4

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