Re: admin foreign key issues

On Thu, Nov 29, 2012 at 12:34 PM, Bill Freeman <ke1g.nh@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>
> On Thu, Nov 29, 2012 at 12:30 PM, Larry Martell <larry.martell@gmail.com>
> wrote:
>>
>> 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'?
>>
> verbose_name_plural Model Meta option?
> https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/1.4/ref/models/options/#verbose-name-plural

Thanks again, Bill.

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