On 01/07/2011 11:33 AM, hank23 wrote:
I want to code a form which will have a choice field which I want to
have rendered as a dropdown box in my html file. How do I code the
choices parameter in the form definition to bind it to a column in one
of my data tables in my model? The documentation shows a few examples,
but nothing specifically for choice fields. Please explain. Thanks.
You have to use a ModelForm for this.
class SomeForm(forms.ModelForm):
class Meta:
model = YourModel #Done!
Technically you can do it with a forms.Form, but you have to do the
entire thing manually, which is a big waste.
class ManualFormNotWorthTheTrouble(forms.Form):
my_dropdown = forms.ChoiceField()
def __init__(self, *args, **kwargs):
#do normal __init__
super(ManualFormNotWorthTheTrouble, self).__init__(*args, **kwargs)
self.fields['my_dropdown'].choices = [x.id, x.name for x in
YourMode.objects.all()]
Shawn
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