Sweet. That did the trick. I found an example here: http://www.djangoproject.com/documentation/models/str/
# Areas Model UPDATED from django.db import models # Create your models here. class Area(models.Model): name = models.CharField(max_length=40) city = models.CharField(max_length=50) phone = models.CharField(max_length=12) email = models.EmailField() def __unicode__(self): return self.name On Jul 31, 4:31 am, Daniel Roseman <dan...@roseman.org.uk> wrote: > On Jul 31, 10:07 am, strayhand <tobyb...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > I want to grab a single column in a model and use it to populate a > > multi-select form field. Here's the code that I'm currently using: > > > areas = forms.ModelMultipleChoiceField(queryset=Area.objects.all(), > > label='Preferred Areas', help_text='Select the areas that you\'d like > > to serve.') > > > This code returns the entire Model. I tried using > > queryset=Area.values('name') and it didn't work. How am I suppose to > > grab a single column out of a model? My model and form code have been > > provided below. Thanks. > > I don't know what you mean by 'returns the entire Model'. Model choice > fields use as their display values the __unicode__ value of the items > in the queryset. If that isn't defined, you'll get something like > "Area object". The solution is simply to define a __unicode__ method, > which is good practice anyway. > -- > DR. -- 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.