On Wed, Feb 28, 2018 at 12:46 AM, Mike Dewhirst <[email protected]> wrote:
> On 28/02/2018 1:58 PM, Alexander Joseph wrote: > >> Sorry, I think my question was confusing. What I want to do is allow the >> user to either select a user from a drop down list of users from the >> ForeignKey in the Users model, or if there is not a user suitable to select >> in the drop down, they can manually type in a name themselves. >> > > In the same field that would require a hack of the first water. Way above > my pay grade. For me, anything which equates an existing user object with a > string typed in is likely to end in misery. > > Otherwise a separate CharField for the typed in name and null=True and > blank=True in the ForeignKey ought to work. > > Mike > Indeed, what you can also do - besides the nullable FK, is process that in the Form where if the FK is null and the the charfield is not None, then create a User (maybe non active) with that name and assign it to the FK. > > >> Thanks for your reply >> >> >> >> On Tuesday, February 27, 2018 at 7:45:51 PM UTC-7, Mike Dewhirst wrote: >> >> On 28/02/2018 1:26 AM, Alexander Joseph wrote: >> > Is there a way to make a form field or model field either a foreign >> > key reference or allow the user to fill in something themselves? >> I'm >> > making a fixed assets app and each fixed asset has an owner field, >> > which I would like to assign to an app user if possible, and if not >> > possible be able to fill in a name myself. >> >> Yes. Make the ForeignKey in the model null=True and blank=True so >> it can >> exist all alone. Then you can limit_choices_to whatever whatever >> suits >> your requirements ... >> >> https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/1.11/ref/models/fields/# >> django.db.models.ForeignKey.limit_choices_to >> <https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/1.11/ref/models/fields/# >> django.db.models.ForeignKey.limit_choices_to> >> >> >> hth >> Mike >> >> >> > >> > Thanks >> > -- >> > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >> > Groups "Django users" group. >> > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from >> it, send >> > an email to [email protected] <javascript:> >> > <mailto:[email protected] <javascript:>>. >> > To post to this group, send email to [email protected] >> <javascript:> >> > <mailto:[email protected] <javascript:>>. >> > Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/django-users >> <https://groups.google.com/group/django-users>. >> > To view this discussion on the web visit >> > >> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/django-users/98c44317-0993 >> -4d41-9d25-33f8a9821dce%40googlegroups.com >> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/django-users/98c44317-099 >> 3-4d41-9d25-33f8a9821dce%40googlegroups.com> >> >> > >> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/django-users/98c44317-099 >> 3-4d41-9d25-33f8a9821dce%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email >> &utm_source=footer >> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/django-users/98c44317-099 >> 3-4d41-9d25-33f8a9821dce%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email >> &utm_source=footer>>. >> >> > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout >> <https://groups.google.com/d/optout>. >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "Django users" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to [email protected] <mailto: >> [email protected]>. >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected] >> <mailto:[email protected]>. >> Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/django-users. >> To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/ms >> gid/django-users/dd78c8cf-1892-4740-b3cb-1e384b9bd788%40googlegroups.com >> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/django-users/dd78c8cf-189 >> 2-4740-b3cb-1e384b9bd788%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email >> &utm_source=footer>. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >> > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Django users" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/django-users. > To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/ms > gid/django-users/4facfe44-e50e-e7d4-e41a-1c82775a8f7f%40dewhirst.com.au. > > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Django users" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/django-users. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/django-users/CA%2BFDnhJbavWjzyOnBLaTF1-VZTsHXjsjcfpWBEmaMyUsre--hA%40mail.gmail.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
