I am getting this to save but I can't get it to output properly
it's outputting as [16L, 451L, 521L] for a list of id's, which it
should according to documentation. However, how can I output it like
this 16, 451, 521
On Jul 27, 12:11 pm, Nick <nickt...@gmail.com> wrote:
> I am needing to do some duct taping for a project that is going on
> right now. In it I need to take a values_list of id's from a
> ManyToMany field and save those values to a varchar field so a mysql
> query can access the values. I am working with two different sets of
> developers and this is the best we can come up with in such a short
> period of time
>
> Here is the model:
>
> Candidate
> filing_id = models.IntegerField()
> name = models.CharField()
>
> Race:
> name = models.CharField()
> primary_advance = models.ManyToManyField('Candidate')
> primary_advnace_list = models.CahrField()
>
> def(save, *args, **kwargs):
> primary_ids = self.primary_advace.values_list('id', flat=True)
> if primary_ids.count() > 0:
> primary_advance_list = primary_ids
> else:
> primary_advance_list = []
> super(Race, self).save(*args, **kwargs)
>
> I've tried this but I'm coming back with empty values for the list
> fields.
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