This is great thanks! You were one step ahead of me on the display. I'm still reading up on customizing the admin interface, but hopefully something in there will help me adding any javascript if it is needed.
Thanks! On Sep 19, 3:25 pm, jake elliott <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > hi kevin, > > you could convert to int in the model's save() method > > class MyModel(models.Model): > def save(self): > self.hexval = int(str(self.hexval), 16) > super(MyModel, self).save() > > or whatever hex->decimal method you need for how you have the hex val > stored. > > but then how to get it back into a hex representation when someone goes > to edit the field? the only thing that comes to my mind is javascript > but i'm sure there's a less hackish solution :) > > best > jake > > Kevin wrote: > > In the admin interface if someone enters a number in hex, then it > > fails the validation test. I've managed to make it pass the validation > > test, but now the number gets passed in hex to the back-end database > > (which does not support hex). Any ideas on how I might be able to > > convert the number to an integer before it hits the database? > > > Thanks, > > Kevin --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/django-users?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
