On Thu, Nov 29, 2012 at 9:10 AM, Larry Martell <larry.mart...@gmail.com>wrote:
> This is probably very simple, but I've never run into this before and
> googling has not revealed anything.
>
> I have these 2 models:
>
> class Category(models.Model):
> class Meta: db_table = 'data_category'
> name = models.CharField(max_length=20, unique=True, db_index=True)
>
> class Tool(models.Model):
> class Meta: db_table = 'data_tool'
> name = models.CharField(max_length=10, unique=True)
> category = models.ForeignKey(Category)
>
> In admin when I click on 'Categorys' I get a table of 'Category
> object' and I have to click on those to get at an actual row in the
> table. How can I make the data available from 'Categorys' without that
> extra level?
>
> Similarly, in Tools the Category column has 'Category object' and when
> I click on a specific tool and get into change tool, the Category is a
> drop down that has 'Category object' as every choice. How can I make
> the actual category names appear here?
>
> I tried defining a CategoryAdmin class:
>
> class CategoryAdmin(admin.ModelAdmin):
> list_display = ('name')
> list_filter = ('name')
> admin.site.register(Category, CategoryAdmin)
>
> But that fails with 'CategoryAdmin.list_display' must be a list or tuple.
>
>
> And finally, how can I get it to display 'Categories' instead of
> 'Categorys'
>
> Start by creating a __unicode__() method on each of your models that
returns a string giving a better description of your object, say by using
its 'name' field. If you are using python3, then see the recent discussion
here about what to do instead of __unicode__().
Use of the __unicode__() method is described in the tutorial.
Bill
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