If you're using the most recent version of django you can use a Proxy
Model:
(I think this will work but I've never tried it)
class Author(User):
class Meta:
proxy = True
#Here you redefine the default behavior of
#of the __unicode__ function
def __unicode__(self):
author = ("%s %s" % (self.first_name,self.last_name)).strip()
if len(author)> 0: return author
return self.username
...
class BlogPost(models.Model):
title = models.CharField(max_length=150)
body = models.TextField()
author = models.ForeignKey(Author)
timestamp = models.DateTimeField()
If not just write a custom getAuthor() method:
class BlogPost(models.Model):
title = models.CharField(max_length=150)
body = models.TextField()
author = models.ForeignKey(User)
timestamp = models.DateTimeField()
def getAuthor(self):
theauthor = ("%s %s" %
(self.author.first_name,self.author.last_name)).strip()
if len(theauthor)> 0: return theauthor
return str(self.author)
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From: django-users@googlegroups.com
[mailto:django-us...@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Thierry
Sent: Sunday, May 17, 2009 4:59 PM
To: Django users
Subject: How do I override __unicode__ for User?
I currently have a blog model:
class BlogPost(models.Model):
title = models.CharField(max_length=150)
body = models.TextField()
author = models.ForeignKey(User)
timestamp = models.DateTimeField()
Right now, author is returning the default User.username. I have
other models who has a ForeignKey to User, I want them to keep
defaulting to username while for Blogpost, I want it to return
"first_name last_name". How can I customize the above so that author
returns me "first_name last_name" if they are present?
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