Django-models ForeignKey Objects display Field Name instead of Object Values

Question

I am using a ForeignKey called Memberno in My Django models. After entering data in the Members Class, it appears in the other classes as "member object" in the 'memberno' field. For ForeignKey, I am using 'raw_id_fields' as a workaround, but for normal fields and even 'filter_horizontal' , each memberno value is displayed as "member object". I would like the values to appear as they are in the member class i.e. 1, 2, ... ``` from django.db import models # Create your models here. class Members(models.Model): DESIGNATION_CHOICES=( ('ADM', 'Administrator'), ('OFF', 'Club Official'), ('MEM', 'Ordinary Member'), ) memberno = models.AutoField(primary_key=True) fname = models.CharField(max_length=15) sname = models.CharField(max_length=15) onames = models.CharField(max_length=30, blank=True) email = models.EmailField() phoneNumber = models.CharField(max_length=15) regNo = models.CharField(max_length=15) designation = models.CharField(max_length=3,choices=DESIGNATION_CHOICES) image = models…

Accepted Answer

The admin interface appears to use `__str__()` to determine the display of a model. I make it a habbit to always define both `__unicode__()` and `__str__()` when I create a model. For example:

```
class Activity(models.Model):
    activity_code = models.ForeignKey(ActivityCode)
    note = models.TextField(blank=True)
    def __str__(self):
        return "(%s) %s" % (self.activity_code.short, self.note)
    def __unicode__(self):
        return u'(%s) %s' % (self.activity_code.short, self.note)
```

Update: It looks as though your `def __unicode__(self)` is not indented properly in your code. As a result it is not a part of your class, and is not being used. Indenting is very important in Python.

Django-models ForeignKey Objects display Field Name instead of Object Values

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