verbose_name for ManyToManyField

[summea]

I'm working my way through the Django Book and creating a simple books
app inside the tutorial project.  I have the following class:

class Book(models.Model):
...
def get_authors(self):
return self.authors.all()


And I am using that get_authors() method to find all authors for a
particular book.  All of that works fine... but in all my searching, I
haven't been able to find a clue as to how to use something like
verbose_name to set the column name of this get_authors method.

For example, I have a table that lists all of the Book(s) in the
database.  So naturally I have a table with labels at the top of each
table column:

Title  /  Get authors  /  Publisher


But I would like the table columns to look something like this:

Title  /  Authors  /  Publisher


But verbose_name='authors' doesn't seem to work in this case.  Is
there something I'm missing?

Thanks for any pointers.
Andy

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Re: Question!!!

[summea]

This is something I've been looking around for earlier.  Thanks for
posting it here as well!  I originally found it here: (http://
groups.google.com/group/django-users/browse_thread/thread/
1f97ae29f23f71d4)

But after using that type of method to list a ManyToManyField (in my
case, a field called "authors",) I realized that when viewing a table
that has various column names from the model I was working with (in my
case, a Book model,) I was seeing the name of the function listed in
the column heading.  And that is how it should be with the way I had
it set up initially.

But do you know if there is any way to set a ManyToManyField's column
heading to something besides the function name itself?  For example...
I tried setting verbose_name='authors' in the model... but it didn't
seem to work as expected.  (No error really, it just didn't change the
name of the column heading.)

Have you ever needed to change the column name in a view of a
ManyToManyField?  Anyway... if so, do I need to use something other
than verbose_name?

Thanks for any pointers...
Andy




On Mar 5, 2:55 pm, Kenny Meyer  wrote:
> Wilmer A. Delpratt (wdelprat...@gmail.com) wrote:
>
>
>
>
>
> > Hi everyone..i'm new in this group...my friends says this is one of
> > the best groups...
> > I'd like to know how i can use a ManyToManyField in a "list_display",
> > i've read the documentation, but there says this is not possible
> > (isn't supported),i wish to know if there is another way to solve
> > this problem (i really need to do that)well that's all...thanks a
> > lot
> > PD: Sorry my bad englishi'm from Cuba (official language
> > 'Spanish').
> > Once again thank you all...please help me.see you
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> Hey Wilmer :)
>
> First of all I must criticize your attempt to ask a simple question.
> Ever heard of using a meaningful subject [1]_, or how to ask *smart
> questions* [2]_? Your style honestly sucks and is painful to read.=20
> Period.
>
> Back to topic:
> Using a ManyToManyField in the Django's model class is not possible
> AFAIK, but by writing a little Python function you can easily handly
> this.
>
> Take the following example:
>
> class Book(models.Model):
>         ...
>         authors =3D models.ManyToManyField(Author)
>         ...
>
>         def get_authors(self):
>                 return self.authors.all()
>
>         class Admin:
>                 list_display =3D ('get_authors')
>
> This is pretty self-explanatory and not tested, but should work.
>
> > Hi everyone..i'm new in this group...my friends says this is one of
> > the best groups...
>
> They're certainly right your friends. ;)
>
> Hope I could help,
> Kenny
>
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