Thanks DJ and Bruno for the super quick responses
On Oct 16, 6:00 pm, bruno desthuilliers
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On 16 oct, 18:52, coderb <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
>
>
> > hi all,
>
> > I'm having trouble with a category table when trying to add rows in
> > admin
>
> > my model is a Category table with a self reference using 'parent'
> > which enables unlimited depth of categories. Its defined as follows:
>
> > class Category(models.Model):
> > name = models.CharField(max_length=100)
> > slug = models.SlugField()
> > parent = models.ForeignKey('self',default=1,null=True)
> > seq = models.IntegerField(default=10)
> > active = models.BooleanField(default=1)
>
> > def __unicode__(self):
> > return self.name
>
> > (default=1,null=True option on parent was just a test for this issue)
>
> > My problem is this:
> > when trying to add a category in djangos standard admin, I keep
> > getting an error that Parent is required. I guess Foreignkeys are
> > always required.
>
> Nope. You just have to add a 'blank=True' option, ie:
>
> parent = models.ForeignKey('self', blank=True, null=True)
>
> (snip)
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