On Wed, Jul 21, 2010 at 10:33 AM, Michael <michael.bal...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Is there a way to search on the Foreign Key's __str__ representation > in admin views? I have the FK listed in the search_fields but it fails > to find it. > > First, you probably want to be implementing __unicode__ methods for your models, not __str__. See: http://docs.djangoproject.com/en/dev/ref/unicode/#choosing-between-str-and-unicode Second, what is this method returning? If it is essentially a field from the model, then yes, you can search on that in admin. See: http://docs.djangoproject.com/en/dev/ref/contrib/admin/#django.contrib.admin.ModelAdmin.search_fields Karen -- http://tracey.org/kmt/ -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Django users" group. To post to this group, send email to django-us...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to django-users+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/django-users?hl=en.