Question

I am trying to display the data from a ModelMultipleChoiceField, and have tried to iterate for the objects, but I am getting funky results. Thanks for the help!

{{ chef.meal }} 

Renders

[<Meal: Breakfast>, <Meal: Brunch>]

—

{% for i in chef.meal%} {{i}} {% endfor %}

Renders

[ < M e a l : B r e a k f a s t > , < M e a l : B r u n c h > ]

Here is the way I have the ModelMultipleChoiceField set up:

  meal = forms.ModelMultipleChoiceField(
        label=_("What is your best meal?"),
        queryset=Meal.objects.all(),
                                        required=True)

And the Meal model:

class Meal(models.Model):
  name = models.CharField(max_length=10)

  def __unicode__(self):
    return "%s" % self.name

HttpResponse:

  data = {"profile":profile,
          "chef":chef}
  return render_to_response(template_name,
                            data,
                            context_instance=RequestContext(request))

I am passing ‘chef’ through to the template, and then pulled the meals from the Chef object.

Answer 1

You cannot use form fields inside a model. Instead make a foreign key from meal to Chef.

class Meal(models.Model):
    name = models.CharField(max_length=10)
    chef = models.ForeignKey(Chef)
    def __unicode__(self):
        return "%s" % self.name

Now inside the template use

{% for meal in chef.meal_set.all %}
     {{ meal }}
{% endfor %}

Ofcourse, instead of foreign field, there can be multiple-multiple relations between chef and meal models. Modify the code accordingly.