Thank you, that looks great. I'll have a look at it later today.

Sincerely,
Andre Terra

On Tue, Feb 22, 2011 at 3:59 AM, Derek <gamesb...@gmail.com> wrote:

> On Feb 21, 4:22 am, Andre Terra <andrete...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > I'd also like some input on this, as I'm reaching a point of my project
> > where I'll have to deal with a similar issue. I was planning on using
> ajax,
> > which actually means keeping it simple IMHO, but I would really like to
> > follow best practice.
> >
> > Should I make one query with a large subset of the data once and then
> just
> > filter it with jQuery? This seems to be the lighter approach in terms of
> DB
> > hits, but I'm not sure it's the right solution, specially considering I
> want
> > to be able to export the filtered data to a csv/xls format.
> >
> > Any ideas would be greatly appreciated, I'm really in the dark on this.
> >
> > Sincerely,
> > André Terra
> >
> > On Tue, Feb 8, 2011 at 9:15 PM, SimpleDimple <farhandevelo...@gmail.com
> >wrote:
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > > can anyone help or point me to some simple django based app that I can
> > > study to understand more ?
> >
> > > On Feb 8, 2:07 am, SimpleDimple <farhandevelo...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > > > I can live w/o AJAX for now to keep it simple.
> >
> > > > What I am not clear is on how to do the postback from javascript ?  I
> > > > mean on what URL and pass on which variables ? and thru GET or POST
> or
> > > > shall i do form.submit()  ??
> >
> > > > On Feb 8, 1:45 am, Joel Goldstick <joel.goldst...@gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > > > > On Mon, Feb 7, 2011 at 3:38 PM, SimpleDimple <
> > > farhandevelo...@gmail.com>wrote:
> >
> > > > > > I am new to django and building a school system but am experience
> > > > > > developer otherwise having firm grip over rails, php, .net and
> java.
> >
> > > > > > I have student table and in list I can see list of all students/
> > > > > > records in student table....(pasted below is my code)
> >
> > > > > > what I want here is a custom dropdown listing the classes in
> school
> > > > > > from class table, and when you select/change the class the list
> of
> > > > > > students should get filtered accordingly....can someone please
> give
> > > me
> > > > > > hints or guide me a bit ?
> >
> > > > > > class StudentAdmin(admin.ModelAdmin):
> > > > > >    fields        = ['xclass', 'name', 'reg_no' , 'roll_no' ]
> > > > > >    list_display  = ['xclass', 'name', 'reg_no' , 'roll_no' ]
> > > > > >    list_filter   = ['name', 'reg_no' , 'roll_no' ]
> > > > > >    search_fields = ['name', 'reg_no' , 'roll_no' ]
> >
> > > > > >    form          =  StudentForm
> >
> > > > > >    def queryset(self, request):
> > > > > >        school_id = request.session['school_id']
> > > > > >        qs = self.model._default_manager.filter(school=school_id)
> > > > > >        return qs
> >
> > > > > >    def save_model(self, request, obj, form, change):
> > > > > >        school_id = request.session['school_id']
> > > > > >        school = School.objects.get(id=school_id)
> > > > > >        obj.school = school
> > > > > >        obj.save()
> >
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> > > > > This topic has come up recently under different specifics.  When
> you
> > > change
> > > > > your filter (by selecting a specific class) you need to requery
> with
> > > that
> > > > > condition.  This can be done by submitting the form to get a new
> > > dataset, or
> > > > > by using AJAX style to have the data retrieved on the fly to
> repopulate
> > > your
> > > > > form.
> >
> > > > > --
> > > > > Joel Goldstick
>
> There is a very detailed set of code examples here:
>
> http://stackoverflow.com/questions/1671446/country-state-city-dropdown-menus-inside-the-django-admin-inline
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