On Sat, 26 Jan 2013 17:38:03 -0800 (PST) sephii <[email protected]> wrote: > Thanks for your answer. I wanted to avoid using a ManyToMany field in > my case for two reasons: > 1. The artist table has about 700'000 entries, which is really too > big to fit in a <select> element > 2. I could create an autocomplete text widget to overcome point 1), > but the user should also be able to set a new artist that doesn't > exist yet in the database using these fields > > Feel free to let me know if you think of a solution that would > overcome these 2 issues.
1) Tell django to use a text-input or your own widget to display the artist-field. 2) Write your own widget to enter text, search via ajax and then set the artist. At least thats what we do with m2m-fields with ~20.000 entries. Have fun, Arnold
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