Re: admin foreign key issues

On Thu, Nov 29, 2012 at 10:43 AM, Bill Freeman <ke1g.nh@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>
> On Thu, Nov 29, 2012 at 9:10 AM, Larry Martell <larry.martell@gmail.com>
> wrote:
>>
>> This is probably very simple, but I've never run into this before and
>> googling has not revealed anything.
>>
>> I have these 2 models:
>>
>> class Category(models.Model):
>> class Meta: db_table = 'data_category'
>> name = models.CharField(max_length=20, unique=True, db_index=True)
>>
>> class Tool(models.Model):
>> class Meta: db_table = 'data_tool'
>> name = models.CharField(max_length=10, unique=True)
>> category = models.ForeignKey(Category)
>>
>> In admin when I click on 'Categorys' I get a table of 'Category
>> object' and I have to click on those to get at an actual row in the
>> table. How can I make the data available from 'Categorys' without that
>> extra level?
>>
>> Similarly, in Tools the Category column has 'Category object' and when
>> I click on a specific tool and get into change tool, the Category is a
>> drop down that has 'Category object' as every choice. How can I make
>> the actual category names appear here?
>>
>> I tried defining a CategoryAdmin class:
>>
>> class CategoryAdmin(admin.ModelAdmin):
>> list_display = ('name')
>> list_filter = ('name')
>> admin.site.register(Category, CategoryAdmin)
>>
>> But that fails with 'CategoryAdmin.list_display' must be a list or tuple.
>>
>>
>> And finally, how can I get it to display 'Categories' instead of
>> 'Categorys'
>>
> Start by creating a __unicode__() method on each of your models that returns
> a string giving a better description of your object, say by using its 'name'
> field. If you are using python3, then see the recent discussion here about
> what to do instead of __unicode__().
>
> Use of the __unicode__() method is described in the tutorial.

Thanks much Bill, that did the trick.

Now does anyone know how to get it to display 'Categories' instead of
'Categorys'?

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