Question

I have been trying for about a day and a half to get the ID of a related field in a model to display in my template. Nothing fancy, I just want the ID.

Here is the model in question:

class CompositeLesson(models.Model):
    lesson = models.ForeignKey(Lesson)
    student = models.ForeignKey(Student)
    actualDate = models.DateTimeField()

Assume I have a list, lessonsList, of CompositeLesson and am able to successfully iterate through the list. Other fields (i.e. actualDate) display correctly.

Snippet of template code:

{% for lesson in lessonsList %}
<tr{% if forloop.counter|divisibleby:"2" %} class="shaded_row"{% endif %}>
    <td>{{ lesson.actualDate }}</td>
    <td class="table_button">
    {% if not lesson.isCancelled %}
        <div class="table_button_div" id="cancel_{{ lesson__lesson__id }}"><a href="#">Cancel Lesson</a></div>
    {% else %}
        <div class="cancelled_lesson"></div>
    {% endif %}

The problem is I can’t get the ID of the Lesson object that is in the list. I’ve tried:

lesson.lesson
lesson.lesson.id
lesson.lesson__id
lesson__lesson__id
lesson.lesson.get_id

…and none of them work.

Thanks in advance!

Edit: here is my view that builds the lesson, per request:

def all_student_lessons(request, id):
    # This should list all lessons up to today plus the next four, and call out any cancelled or unpaid lessons
    # User should have the option to mark lessons as paid or cancel them
    s = Student.objects.get(pk = id)
    if s.teacher != request.user:
        return HttpResponseForbidden()

    less = Lesson.objects.filter(student = id)
    lessonsList = []
    for le in less:
        if le.frequency == 0:
            # lesson occurs only once
            x = CompositeLesson()
            x.lessonID = le.id
            x.studentID = id
            x.actualDate = datetime.combine(le.startDate, le.lessonTime)
            x.isCancelled = False
            try:
                c = CancelledLesson.objects.get(lesson = le.id, cancelledLessonDate = le.startDate)
                x.canLesson = c.id
                x.isCancelled = True
            except:
                x.canLesson = None
            try:
                p = PaidLesson.objects.get(lesson = le.id, actualDate = le.startDate)
                x.payLesson = p.id
            except:
                x.payLesson = None
            lessonsList.append(x)
        else:
            sd = next_date(le.startDate, le.frequency, le.startDate)
            while sd <= date.today():
                x = CompositeLesson()
                x.lessonID = le.id
                x.studentID = id
                x.actualDate = datetime.combine(sd, le.lessonTime)
                x.isCancelled = False
                try:
                    c = CancelledLesson.objects.get(lesson = le.id, cancelledLessonDate = le.startDate)
                    x.canLesson = c.id
                    x.isCancelled = True
                except:
                    x.canLesson = None
                try:
                    p = PaidLesson.objects.get(lesson = le.id, actualDate = le.startDate)
                    x.payLesson = p.id
                except:
                    x.payLesson = None
                lessonsList.append(x)
                sd += timedelta(le.frequency)
    lessonsList.sort(key = lambda x: x.actualDate)
    return render_to_response('manage_lessons.html', {'lessonsList': lessonsList,
                                                    's': s})

Answer 1

In your view, you’re never assigning x.lesson . It’s logical then, that lesson.lesson is undefined.

You should replace x.lessonID = le.id for x.lesson = le

If that doesn’t work, also try an x.save() before a lessonsList.append(x).

On a sidenote, your model doesn’t seem to be too well defined, because you’re adding new attributes to it that aren’t defined in the model. Also, you may consider creating and storing the CompositeLesson objects before the view in which they are displayed. You may want to create or modify these objects whenever some other important event occurs, such as the lessons being scheduled, payed or cancelled.