Reputation: 971
I have the following model:
class StraightredTeam(models.Model):
teamid = models.IntegerField(primary_key=True)
teamname = models.CharField(max_length=36)
country = models.CharField(max_length=36,null=True)
stadium = models.CharField(max_length=36,null=True)
homepageurl = models.TextField(null=True)
wikilink = models.TextField(null=True)
teamcode = models.CharField(max_length=5,null=True)
teamshortname = models.CharField(max_length=24,null=True)
currentteam = models.PositiveSmallIntegerField(null=True)
def natural_key(self):
return self.teamname
class Meta:
managed = True
db_table = 'straightred_team'
I use this model with the following form:
from django import forms
from straightred.models import StraightredTeam
class SelectTwoTeams(forms.Form):
currentTeams = StraightredTeam.objects.filter(currentteam = 1).order_by('teamname')
team_one = forms.ModelChoiceField(queryset = currentTeams, to_field_name = "teamname")
This produces the following html:
<form action="" method="post">
<input type='hidden' name='csrfmiddlewaretoken' value='xyz' />
<tr><th><label for="id_team_one">Team one:</label></th><td><select id="id_team_one" name="team_one">
<option value="" selected="selected">---------</option>
<option value="Arsenal">StraightredTeam object</option>
<option value="Aston Villa">StraightredTeam object</option>
<option value="Bournemouth">StraightredTeam object</option>
<option value="Chelsea">StraightredTeam object</option>
<option value="Crystal Palace">StraightredTeam object</option>
<option value="Everton">StraightredTeam object</option>
<option value="Leicester">StraightredTeam object</option>
<option value="Liverpool">StraightredTeam object</option>
<option value="Man City">StraightredTeam object</option>
<option value="Man United">StraightredTeam object</option>
<option value="Newcastle">StraightredTeam object</option>
<option value="Norwich">StraightredTeam object</option>
<option value="Southampton">StraightredTeam object</option>
<option value="Stoke">StraightredTeam object</option>
<option value="Sunderland">StraightredTeam object</option>
<option value="Swansea">StraightredTeam object</option>
<option value="Tottenham">StraightredTeam object</option>
<option value="Watford">StraightredTeam object</option>
<option value="West Brom">StraightredTeam object</option>
<option value="West Ham">StraightredTeam object</option>
</select></td></tr>
<input type="submit" value="Submit" />
</form>
I would love for the "StraightredTeam object" to show the same as the value part. I.e. the name of the football/soccer team.
Any advice to point me in the right direction would be ideal, many thanks, Alan.
Upvotes: 1
Views: 2144
Reputation: 600059
You need to define a __unicode__
method (or __str__
if you're using Python 3) on your model.
class StraightredTeam(models.Model):
...
def __unicode__(self): # __str__ on Python 3
return self.teamname
Note, however, that you shouldn't be using that to_field_name
attribute in the field definition. The default is to use the ID, which is the correct value to allow Django to set the foreign key correctly.
Upvotes: 4
Reputation: 20579
Label for choice is created in django forms by converting object into unicode (python 2.x) or string (python 3.x). If you want to display teamname
here, just create __unicode__
(python 2.x, also you can create __str__
method and decorate object with python_2_unicode_compatible
imported from django.utils.encoding
so it will be compatible both with python 2.x and 3.x) or __str__
(python 3.x) method that will return string to display as choice label.
Upvotes: 2