On Dec 20, 2007 10:13 AM, GodOfGeeks <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hello, > > I will start with the code directly which will make it much easier to > explain:) > > class ProceedingsEditor( models.Model ): > > contact = models.ForeignKey( Contact ) > > The point here is that the contact table is a 10,000 or so field so a > drop down list is none sense > > Now in the admin model > > class ProceedingsEditorOptions( admin.ModelAdmin ): > > raw_id_fields = ( 'contact', ) > > Now Django will just display a normal text field with a Magnifying > glass icon beside it. All is good till now > > The problem is that Django displays the contact id which is not useful > at all. Is there a way to reference for > > example the contact__unicode() or something with a more meaningful > name?? >
There's an open issue for this: http://code.djangoproject.com/ticket/4641 with a simple patch that you can use until it gets applied and fixed officially. Karen --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Django users" group. To post to this group, send email to django-users@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/django-users?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
