Thanks for the info. I also ran across 'limit_choices_to' which also works.
On Wed, 2009-04-01 at 08:48 -0700, Lee wrote: > You're close... > > change your method in CHOICES to get_for_model( _model_ ) > > So it should be > CHOICES = ( > (ContentType.objects.get_for_model(My_Model), "Model 1"), > (ContentType.objects.get_for_model(My_Other_Model), "Model > 2"), > ) > > Obviously, make sure you import your model before you try to use it. > > On Mar 23, 3:26 pm, Adam Stein <a...@eng.mc.xerox.com> wrote: > > Trying to create a generic FK using ContentType. In admin, the menu > > lists all the models. Since I only ever need to select 1 of 2 different > > models, anyway to limit the choice? > > > > Setting the choices attribute as Django complains > > > > must be a "ContentType" instance > > > > ContentType.objects.get() returns an instance of a particular model, not > > ContentType (as one would expect), so I'm not sure how to create an > > instance with the particulars I need to point to something specific in > > the choices list. Here's what I have: > > > > from django.db import models > > from django.contrib.contenttypes.models import ContentType > > from django.contrib.contenttypes import generic > > > > class GenericFKExample(models.Model): > > CHOICES = ( > > (ContentType.objects.get(model="model1"), "Model 1"), > > (ContentType.objects.get(model="model2"), "Model 2"), > > ) > > > > content_type = models.ForeignKey(ContentType, > > choices = CHOICES, > > null = True, > > ) > > > > object_id = models.PositiveIntegerField( > > null = True, > > ) > > > > content_object = generic.GenericForeignKey( > > "content_type", "object_id" > > ) > > > > Obviously, if I don't use choices, it works but then I have a very long > > list of model choices. > > > > -- > > Adam Stein @ Xerox Corporation Email: a...@eng.mc.xerox.com > > > > Disclaimer: Any/All views expressed > > here have been proven to be my own. [http://www.csh.rit.edu/~adam/] > > -- Adam Stein @ Xerox Corporation Email: a...@eng.mc.xerox.com Disclaimer: Any/All views expressed here have been proven to be my own. [http://www.csh.rit.edu/~adam/] --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 django-users+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/django-users?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
