Re: Default value for ForeignKey

2007-11-01 Thread Dan Ellis
On Nov 1, 2:55 am, Malcolm Tredinnick <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Set it in your model's save() method. I guess the point is that it's bad practice to hard-code magic values. Having thought about it some more, two options that spring to mind are: 1) Have a boolean 'default' field in the Severi

Re: Default value for ForeignKey

2007-10-31 Thread Malcolm Tredinnick
On Wed, 2007-10-31 at 16:56 +, Dan Ellis wrote: > I have a model that contains a field, severity, that is a ForeignKey. > When I create a new instance, I'd like that field to have the id of > the Severity instance with the name 'Low'. What is the best way to do > this? Putting default=1 in the