On Thu, Nov 29, 2012 at 12:30 PM, Larry Martell <larry.mart...@gmail.com>wrote:
> On Thu, Nov 29, 2012 at 10:43 AM, Bill Freeman <ke1g...@gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> >
> > 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.
>
> Thanks much Bill, that did the trick.
>
> Now does anyone know how to get it to display 'Categories' instead of
> 'Categorys'?
>
> verbose_name_plural Model Meta option?
https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/1.4/ref/models/options/#verbose-name-plural
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