Question

Hi I have a Django form:

BAR_CHOICES = (
    ('1', 'Cheers'),
    ('2', 'The Blue Oyster'),
    ...
)

class ProjectInfoForm(forms.Form):
    foo = forms.ChoiceField(
        CHOICES = BAR_CHOICES,
    )
    ...

of course when I save this data to a model the values are stored as integers in the db. Now, when I grab these values from the saved data they are integers. What is the best approach for getting the choice strings they are associated with. Should I import the BAR_CHOICES into the template?

Answer 1

Django provides a way to directly fetch the related string. Take a look here

Update:

Example:

BAR_CHOICES = (
    ('1', 'Cheers'),
    ('2', 'The Blue Oyster'),
    ...
)

class Project(models.Model):
   foo = models.PositiveIntegerField(choices=BAR_CHOICES)
   ...

In the template you could simply do {{project.get_foo_display}}