Thanks Richard, I'll give it a go.
Cheers
On May 16, 2:44 pm, "Richard Dahl" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I do not think that admin currently supports this, but I could be wrong. but
> here are two ways to accomplish it.
>
> class Item(models.Model):
> name = models.CharField(max_length=30)
>
> class ItemOrder(models.Model):
> item = models.FK(Item)
> order = models.int()
>
> def __unicode__(self): return ('%s - %s'
> %(self.item.__unicode__(), self.order))
>
> class Page(models.Model):
> survey = models.ForeignKey(Survey)
> item = models.M2M(ItemOrder)
> order = models.IntegerField() #Page Order
> file_name = models.CharField(max_length=50)
>
> You can also add a 'unique_together' constraint to your meta class in
> ItemOrder, if helpful.
> hth,
> -richard
>
> On 5/16/08, Peter Bailey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
>
>
> > I am pretty new to Django, and am building a web generating app. I am
> > hoping to get a lot of functionality out of the admin. So far that is
> > working great. I do have 2 classes in my models that have a many to
> > many relationship. The code is generated nicely and everything works
> > correctly.
> > The classes represent web pages and generic items that go on pages
> > such as radios, dropdowns, etc.
>
> > However, I would really like to add a column to the join table,
> > "order", so I can use the admin of my Page class to add Items and
> > define their order on that particular page. Is there a way to do this?
> > I have searched around and found lots of discussions, but no solid
> > answers. Sorry if this is a dumb question, but I admit I am a noob.
> > Here is a code snippet:
>
> > # will use this for subclassing into our item subtypes
> > class Item(models.Model):
> > name = models.CharField(max_length=30)
>
> > def __unicode__(self):
> > return self.name
>
> > class Page(models.Model):
> > """Page information for survey pages - surveys will contain one or
> > more of these"""
> > survey = models.ForeignKey(Survey)
> > items = models.ManyToManyField(Item)
> > order = models.IntegerField() # this is for page ordering - not
> > item ordering
> > file_name = models.CharField(max_length=50)
>
> > def __unicode__(self):
> > return self.file_name
>
> > class Admin:
> > pass
>
> > class RadioBoxType(Item):
> > """A Radio Button object with its specific attributes"""
> > .......
>
> > So, if I could somehow add an order column to the generated
> > gen_pageitem table and edit it from the admin for the page, I would be
> > set. I'm also not using the new admin branch which I just noticed a
> > couple of days ago. Any advice on if I should switch now or later
> > would be most welcome. I don't mind using newer code, but I am unsure
> > of the timelines for that branch to move into the trunk etc. Don't
> > want to waste time learning code that will be obsolete, but do have
> > some deadlines to meet (of course).
>
> > Advice or pointers greatly appreciated,
>
> > Peter
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