Hey folks, I was about to submit a ticket but i thought it might be better
to ask everybody for opinions on the matter first. I am running a couple of
medium (not even large) Django websites (around +20K users) and we rely on
the admin heavily. We have multiple models pointing to Users (or other
derived models) and every time we create a new model, we MUST remember to
include User in `raw_id_fields` for that model. If we forget to do so, the
whole testing site crashes when the whole `SELECT * FROM User` query is run.
To add to the problem, some derived models (for example Customer) include
in their `__str__` both the User + something else. Think about the model
Customer in this way:
class Customer(models.Model):
user = models.ForeignKey(User)
plan = models.ForeignKey(Plan)
def __str__(self):
return f"{self.user} - {self.plan}"
(Not a real example, but to make the point)
Imagine any other model with an FK to Customer, an `Inquiry`, for example.
If you open the `Inquiry` add/change page on the admin, the whole thing
will blow up.
I know the related select field is an amazing feature, and looks slick on
the admin when starting a new Django projects (specially for beginners),
but it just doesn't scale for large websites.
*My proposal*
I think just a project-wide setting `settings.ADMIN_DEFAULT_FK_WIDGET =
[raw|select]` would work and help us (running a medium/large site) a lot.
What do you think?
Thanks for all the support, this community rocks 🤘!
PS: I can create a ticket if that's a better medium of discussion, just let
me know?
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