heya, Also, I should add I did try using the inlines as described in the docs
http://docs.djangoproject.com/en/dev/ref/contrib/admin/#working-with-many-to-many-intermediary-models In my admin.py, I've imported "FirmRating" at the top. I've then created an inline for it: class FirmRatingInline(admin.TabularInline): model = FirmRating extra = 1 then used this in ArticleAdmin: class ArticleAdmin(admin.ModelAdmin): #inlines = [ # CategoryInline, #] date_hierarchy = 'publication_date' filter_horizontal = ('firm', 'spokesperson') list_display = ('title', 'publication_date', 'entry_date', 'category', 'subject', 'source_publication', 'weekly_summary') list_editable = ('publication_date', 'category', 'subject', 'source_publication') list_filter = ('publication_date', 'entry_date', 'category', 'subject', 'source_publication') search_fields = ('title', 'publication_date', 'abstract', 'category__name', 'subject__name', 'source_publication__name', 'page_number', 'url') However, there's still no visible widget for "FirmRating" on the "Add Article" page. I can't tell just from the docs, but is this inline only for use on the main Article list page, but not on the Add Article page? Or is the above admin code meant to make the widget visible on the "Add Article" page as well? Cheers, Victor On Jun 25, 10:01 am, Victor Hooi <victorh...@gmail.com> wrote: > heya, > > NB: This is a followup to this: > > http://groups.google.com/group/django-users/browse_thread/thread/0fdc... > > but I thought I'd also ask about the model design. > > To provide some background, we have a Django app that contains a list > of journal articles. > > Each "Article" also has a m2m relationship to "Firm" as well as > "Spokesperson" > > class Article(models.Model): > title = models.CharField(max_length=100) > publication_date = models.DateField() > abstract = models.TextField() # Can we restrict this to 450 > characters? > ...fields ommited for brevity... > firm = models.ManyToManyField(Firm, null=True, blank=True, > through='FirmRating') > spokesperson = models.ManyToManyField(Spokeperson, null=True, > blank=True, through='SpokespersonRating') > > The intermediary models, FirmRating and SpokespersonRating look like > this: > > class FirmRating(models.Model): > firm = models.ForeignKey(Firm) > article = models.ForeignKey(Article) > rating = models.IntegerField() > > Basically, we use it to store the m2m link, as well as a "rating" > assigned to each relationship. > > The issue is, as soon as I change it from a normal m2m relationship to > one with a "through" attribute, it seems to completely disappear in > the Django Admin from the "Add Article" page. Before, I had a nice > little filter_horizontal widget to create the relationships. No, > zippo...that's not a bug, is it? > > Anyhow, Firstly, am I doing this the right way? Or is there another > way to create an Article, have it m2m with Firms/Spokesperson, and > assign an individual rating to each relationship? > > Secondly, is there some way of making a m2m with intermediary visibile > in the admin - is it intended behaviour for it to disappear? In an > ideal world, I'd like to have the filter_horizontal, as well as an > inline widget to set the rating, all on the "Add Article" page. > However, I'm prepared to have just the filter_horizontal for the m2m, > and set the rating separately, on a separate page just for FirmRating/ > SpokespersonRating (it obviously breaks the workflow a bit there). > > How do people normally deal with editing m2m intermediary models in > Django? > > Cheers, > Victor -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Django users" group. To post to this group, send email to django-us...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to django-users+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/django-users?hl=en.
