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Fixed #30505 -- Doc'd how changes in the order of Field.choices affect migrations.

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Caio Ariede 2019-05-29 09:14:32 -03:00 committed by Mariusz Felisiak
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@ -150,6 +150,7 @@ answer newbie questions, and generally made Django that much better:
bthomas
btoll@bestweb.net
C8E
Caio Ariede <caio.ariede@gmail.com>
Calvin Spealman <ironfroggy@gmail.com>
Cameron Curry
Cameron Knight (ckknight)

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docs/ref/models/fields.txt
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@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ If a field has ``blank=False``, the field will be required.
.. attribute:: Field.choices
An :term:`iterable` consisting itself of iterables of exactly two items (e.g.
A :term:`sequence` consisting itself of iterables of exactly two items (e.g.
``[(A, B), (A, B) ...]``) to use as choices for this field. If choices are
given, they're enforced by :ref:`model validation <validating-objects>` and the
default form widget will be a select box with these choices instead of the
@ -155,11 +155,14 @@ method to retrieve the human-readable name for the field's current value. See
:meth:`~django.db.models.Model.get_FOO_display` in the database API
documentation.
Note that choices can be any iterable object -- not necessarily a list or tuple.
This lets you construct choices dynamically. But if you find yourself hacking
:attr:`~Field.choices` to be dynamic, you're probably better off using a proper
database table with a :class:`ForeignKey`. :attr:`~Field.choices` is meant for
static data that doesn't change much, if ever.
Note that choices can be any sequence object -- not necessarily a list or
tuple. This lets you construct choices dynamically. But if you find yourself
hacking :attr:`~Field.choices` to be dynamic, you're probably better off using
a proper database table with a :class:`ForeignKey`. :attr:`~Field.choices` is
meant for static data that doesn't change much, if ever.
.. note::
A new migration is created each time the order of ``choices`` changes.
Unless :attr:`blank=False<Field.blank>` is set on the field along with a
:attr:`~Field.default` then a label containing ``"---------"`` will be rendered

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docs/topics/db/models.txt
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@ -154,7 +154,7 @@ ones:
<Field.blank>`, the field will be required.
:attr:`~Field.choices`
An :term:`iterable` of 2-tuples to use as choices for this field. If this
A :term:`sequence` of 2-tuples to use as choices for this field. If this
is given, the default form widget will be a select box instead of the
standard text field and will limit choices to the choices given.
@ -168,6 +168,9 @@ ones:
('GR', 'Graduate'),
]
.. note::
A new migration is created each time the order of ``choices`` changes.
The first element in each tuple is the value that will be stored in the
database. The second element is displayed by the field's form widget.