it´s basically for autopopulating a form. I´m not setting the user here, I just want data which is assigned to that user only. I could use the forms __init__ to achieve this, but it´s easier to use limit_choices ... moreover, the functionality of the admin-interface would reflect the functionality of the site.
thanks, patrick On Aug 19, 5:48 pm, "Emily Rodgers" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > -----Original Message----- > > From: django-users@googlegroups.com > > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of patrickk > > Sent: 19 August 2008 14:12 > > To: Django users > > Subject: limit choices to logged-in user > > > is there a way to limit choices (using foreign key) to the > > logged-in user? > > > I´ve tried limit_choices_to = {'user': request.user}, but > > that is obviously not working since "request" is not available. > > > any ideas? > > What are you trying to do exactly? Is this to auto populate some kind of > form, or just for data integrity? > > If I have a model that has a user field, and I want it to be the remote > user, I normally just set this in my view. Not sure if this is the best > thing to do but it seems to work for me. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
