Derek, If you want something that display data but doesn't allow you to edit it, you should check out the databrowse[1] contrib app. You just register a model with it (like the admin) and it generates all the pages. It lets users look through the data, but not edit it.
[1]http://docs.djangoproject.com/en/dev/ref/contrib/databrowse/ Hope that helps, Alex On Nov 10, 3:36 am, derek <gamesb...@gmail.com> wrote: > Yes, the fields should not be editable in a "view". > > However, I do not see it as "a problem" - more as "a desirable > feature". There are any number of use cases for letting users see > detailed record data but not be able (or not need, at that point in > time) to edit it. This feature is not meant to replace the existing > ability to edit a record; but to add another option to the interface. > > It just seems strange to me that the admin interface allows for > display of multiple records in a listing, but has no facility to > display a complete, single record "view". I do not want to have > redevelop an admin-like interface just to allow for this option (given > that is such a generic one). > > It is not clear from what you say - but I assume that it is not > possible to readily alter the current admin interface to incorporate > the generic views you refer to? If it is, any guidance, or examples, > along these lines would be appreciated. > > On Nov 9, 2:37 pm, Ludwik Trammer <lud...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > I have a really hard time understanding what do you need, and I > > suspect I'm not the only one. You are talking about the admin > > interface, right? It displays a list containing all records, and when > > you click on a record you go to a page that shows all fields for this > > record (and lets you change their values). Isn't that exactly what you > > want? > > > If the problem is that you don't want the fields to be editable, > > because you just want to display read-only lists of records: re-think > > using admin interface. It is meant specifically for managing records > > on your website. Just use > > "django.views.generic.list_detail.object_list" (display list of > > records) and "django.views.generic.list_detail.object_detail" (display > > detailed view of a single record) generic views: > > >http://docs.djangoproject.com/en/dev/ref/generic-views/#django-views-...... --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
