Question

I have a model, like this:

class Cert(models.Model):
    COUNTY_CHOICES = (
        ('Choice1', 'Choice1'),
        ('Choice2', 'Choice2'),
        )
    someField = models.CharField(max_length=12, unique=True)
    county = models.CharField(max_length=10, choices=COUNTY_CHOICES)

Then I have a form, like this:

class SearchForm(forms.Form):
    someField = forms.CharField(max_length=12, required=False)
    county = forms.ChoiceField(choices=Cert.COUNTY_CHOICES, required=False)

I want my search form to allow a “blank” or “all” option, but I don’t want my model to allow it. Is there a way to do this or do I have to create another list of CHOICES? I tried making it not required in the form, and I tried adding an “initial” setting, neither of which solved my problem.

Answer 1

Build another choices tuple from COUNTY_CHOICES, and use that in your form.

search_choices = (('', ''),) + Cert.COUNTY_CHOICES