Hi!
I'm creating a model 'Print' with a field 'paper_type' that would
contain a value from a paper types list. As I understand I can make it
two different ways:
1. Create a PaperType table and refer to it from Print with a foreign key:
class PaperType:
name=meta.CharField(maxlength=20)
class Print:
...
paper_type=meta.ForeignKey(PaperType)
2. Supply a choices tuple for the field inline:
PAPER_TYPES=(
(1,'Letter),
(2,'A4'),
)
class Print:
...
paper_type=meta.IntegerField(choices=PAPER_TYPES)
What should I consider when choosing between them? I suppose choices
tuple is easier to work with when making views since Django
automatically generates <select> for it (or am I wrong here?). On the
other hand lookup table is more flexible since I can extend it later to
contain more than just 'name' field. Are there any other differences?
