I am having trouble figuring out how to query the database and return
the results in a format that my template can render appropriately.
I have a model that has a ManyToMany field:
class Student()
...
parents = models.ManyToManyField('parents.Parent', blank=True,
null=True)
...
The Parent model looks like:
class Parent()
...
first_name models.CharField(max_length=30)
last_name models.CharField(max_length=30)
gender models.CharField(max_length=1)
...
def __unicode__(self):
return u'Parent : %s %s' % (self.first_name, self.last_name)
The method in my view currently looks something like this:
def get_parents( request, template )
id=request.GET['id']
template_data["parents"] = Parent.objects.filter(student=id)
return render_to_response( template, template_data,
context_instance=RequestContext(request))
The template data is returning the data in the format:
[ <Parent: Parent: Bob Thomas>, <Parent: Parent: Mary Thomas>]
Instead, I need the template data formatted with the other fields in
my Parent model, like:
[ <Parent: { id: 3, first_name: Bob, last_name: Thomas}>,
<Parent: { id: 4, first_name: Mary, last_name: Thomas}> ]
The format doesn't have to be exactly like the above, but I need to
include the index, and to return some of the other fields defined in
my Parent model.
My template will look something like:
{% for parent in parents.object_list %}
<tr>
<td>{{parent.id}}</td>
<td>{{parent.first_name}}</td>
<td>{{parent.last_name}}</td>
{% endfor %}
Can someone give me some ideas about how I can change my view to
return my template data in a more useable format?
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