On May 10, 5:03 pm, Jamie Pittock <ja...@erskinedesign.com> wrote:
> Please excuse the subject if it makes no sense.
>
> Simplified, I have two models Pub and Town. Pub has a ForeignKey
> field called 'town'. I'm using the generic object_list view to
> display all pubs in a particular town (based on a town slug in the
> url). Something like this...
>
> def pubs_by_town(request, town_slug):
> town = get_object_or_404(Town, slug=town_slug)
> return list_detail.object_list(
> request,
> queryset=Pub.objects.filter(town__slug=town_slug),
> extra_context={ 'town': town },
> template_name='pubs/pubs_by_town.html')
>
> <h1>Pubs in {{ town.name }}</h1>
>
> {% for pub in object_list %}
> * {{ pub.name }}
> {% endfor %}
>
> This all works fine but getting the town object to use in the h1 seems
> a bit redundant seeing as every pub instance in object_list will have
> the same name of the town anyway.
>
> Is it possible to use the queryset to pass the town name as
> extra_context so that a variable is available to use in my template?
> Is there a better way?
If you really wanted to avoid the extra query, you could do
{{ object_list.0.town.name }}
but I'm not sure if the lack of clarity is worth it.
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