The save_model(..) in ModelAdmin is what you're looking for http://docs.djangoproject.com/en/dev/ref/contrib/admin/#save-model-self-request-obj-form-change
On Nov 29, 6:25 pm, AJ <[email protected]> wrote: > I have a simple model like so: > # models.py > class Announcement(models.Model): > """ > Table containing intranet announcements > """ > category = models.ForeignKey(AnnouncementCategory) > user = models.ForeignKey(User) > text = models.TextField() > timestamp = models.DateTimeField(auto_now_add=True) > > In the admin section I don't want to see the user field when adding/ > editing. So I exclude it like so: > # admin.py > class AnnouncementAdmin(CRUDAdmin): > """ > Options for the Admin interface > """ > list_display = ['edit_obj', 'timestamp', 'text', 'added_by', > 'delete_obj'] > list_display_links = ['timestamp'] > exclude = ['user'] > > Now obviously if you try to add a new announcement it will fail since > ther user_id is a required value. What I want to happen is that the > user adding the announcement will have their user_id inserted with the > announcement. I couldn't find any way of doing this. Even if I > create a custom form and override the save method I only have access > to the vairables self and commit. So as far as I can tell I can't do > this in the Admin. It looks like I would need to write my own custom > form and view. Is this correct, or is there another way to do this? > > Thanks in advance, > Aaron --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Django users" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
