On 7/28/06, Seth Buntin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I have a model class that returns the string as below:
>
> def __str__(self):
> return "%s %s" % (self.program, self.course_number)
>
> In the list_display I have:
> list_display = ('__str__', 'uploaded')
>
> I want to be able to order by my __str__ value, but I don't know how.
It's not possible to order by __str__(), because ordering happens at
the database level, not at the Python level. There's no __str__ column
in your database table. To make that happen, set "ordering" to the
fields of your model, rather than the __str__.
Adrian
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