This function gets for a specific information stored in the instance of the model. If I want to display as a drop down in the template all the human readable names in the choices can I do that ?
Also, Before storing it to DB, how to convert it back to human redable to short version mentioned in CHOICES used to store in DB ? On Wednesday, February 11, 2009 9:13:01 AM UTC-8, Kevin Audleman wrote: > > I could've swore I tried that before posting my question and it didn't > work, but I tried it this time and it did. Anyhow, a long winded way > of apologizing for asking a simple question. Thank you for taking the > time to answer! > > Kevin > > On Feb 10, 3:41 pm, Alex Gaynor <[email protected]> wrote: > > On Tue, Feb 10, 2009 at 6:39 PM, Kevin Audleman < > [email protected]>wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > > Thanks Alex, however this is a solution at the View level, and I'm > > > using a view that I didn't write. Is there also a way to do this at > > > the template level? > > > > > Thanks again, > > > Kevin > > > > > On Feb 10, 1:24 pm, Alex Gaynor <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > On Tue, Feb 10, 2009 at 4:23 PM, Kevin Audleman < > > > [email protected]>wrote: > > > > > > > Hi everyone, > > > > > > > I've set up a model that has a state field with the input set to a > > > > > list of states, > > > > > > > state = models.CharField(max_length=100, blank=True, > > > > > choices=US_STATE_LIST) > > > > > > > The drop-down on the edit form works great, displaying 'Alabama' > and > > > > > storing AL in the database. However when I view it, I see AL. How > do I > > > > > get django to display the human readable name? > > > > > > > I would prefer to do this on the template level, as I'm using a > view > > > > > from a contributed app that I can't modify. > > > > > > > Thanks, > > > > > Kevin > > > > > > > http://docs.djangoproject.com/en/dev/ref/models/instances/?from=olddo.<http://www.google.com/url?q=http%3A%2F%2Fdocs.djangoproject.com%2Fen%2Fdev%2Fref%2Fmodels%2Finstances%2F%3Ffrom%3Dolddo.&sa=D&sntz=1&usg=AFQjCNHPj-y89iTqeSTn2qSjZxQKNgix4g>.. > > > > > > > > Alex > > > > > > -- > > > > "I disapprove of what you say, but I will defend to the death your > right > > > to > > > > say it." --Voltaire > > > > "The people's good is the highest law."--Cicero > > > > Yes, the same thing works {{ model.get_FIELD_display }}. > > > > Alex > > > > -- > > "I disapprove of what you say, but I will defend to the death your right > to > > say it." --Voltaire > > "The people's good is the highest law."--Cicero -- 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 http://groups.google.com/group/django-users. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/django-users/13ff53a8-b905-401c-80ae-87da07f79c90%40googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
