sorry I forgot to specify - am using 0.96.1 (django) and MySQL 5.0.51a
(server) and 5.1.11 (client) and my local install is on Vista laptop
with Apache and PHP also installed.
On Apr 13, 8:24 pm, steve skelton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Trying to get admin on my system to load values based on related
> tables on db. I have set the FK on the papers table to tie with the
> PK of each look-up table and set models like so:
>
> class LuPaperContentEra(models.Model):
> paper_content_era = models.CharField(blank=True, maxlength=150)
>
> def __unicode__(self):
> return self.paper_content_era
>
> class Meta:
> db_table='lu_paper_content_era'
>
> The main table, which should contain drop-downs for things like the
> model/table above, has things like:
>
> class Paper(models.Model):
> ... many fields defined
> PaperContent_Era = models.ForeignKey(LuPaperContentEra)
> ... more fields defined
>
> class Meta:
> db_table='papers_admin'
>
> class Admin:
> list_display=('id','FirstName','LastName','Institution')
> search_fields=['LastName']
>
> However, Admin displays the drop-down as
>
> LuPaperContactEra object, NOT the actual human-readable value list.
>
> I feel I am probably close to getting this to work but can't seem to
> find the right direction in which to be "nudged".
>
> Thanks!
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