And one more file to render the drop down list, order_closeouts.html below. Sorry about the messy code. It ain't pretty but it works for me. Let me know if you have any questions.
I forgot to initialize the form in my view. See views.py below. Here's some sample code that works for me: in models.py class InventoryCloseouts(models.Model): prim = models.IntegerField(primary_key=True, db_column='PRIM') # Field name made lowercase. items = models.CharField(max_length=255, db_column='ITEMS', blank=True) # Field name made lowe gen = models.CharField(max_length=255, db_column='GEN', blank=True) # Field name made lowercase. descrip = models.CharField(max_length=255, db_column='DESCRIP', blank=True) # Field name made l .......... etc. def __unicode__(self): return self.items + ":" + self.gen+":"+self.descrip in forms.py class InvtForm2(forms.Form): #used in closeout order view. invent=InventoryCloseouts.objects.all() items = forms.ModelMultipleChoiceField(queryset=invent, widget=forms.Select(attrs={'class':'colr', })) in views.py def order_closeouts(request): forms=InvtForm2() ............etc. return render_to_response('order_closeouts.html', {'forms':forms}, context_instance = RequestContext(request)) in order_closeouts.html <div>{{forms.items}}<span id="selection"><--Select Item from complete list</span></div> On Wed, Feb 9, 2011 at 9:58 PM, Malcolm MacKinnon <mmack3...@gmail.com>wrote: > > > On Wed, Feb 9, 2011 at 9:54 PM, Mac <mmack3...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> >> >> On Feb 8, 8:03 am, hank23 <hversem...@stchas.edu> wrote: >> > I have coded a form which will display some data in a dropdown >> > selection box. The data is being populated from a a queryset that I >> > have setup in the form's code. However the entries in the dropdown >> > only display as objects of the table from which they're being >> > retrieved, and don't display the actual field data that I was hoping >> > to have it display. So how do I specify in the form which of the table >> > fields is to be the display field and which is suppoed to be the >> > underying key value to be passed when and entry is selected? Thanks >> > for the help. >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "Django users" group. >> To post to this group, send email to django-users@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. >> >> > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Django users" group. To post to this group, send email to django-users@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.