Setting default value for Foreign Key attribute
I would modify @vault’s answer above slightly (this may be a new feature). It is definitely desirable to refer to the field by a natural name. However instead of overriding the Manager I would simply use the to_field param of ForeignKey: class Country(models.Model): sigla = models.CharField(max_length=5, unique=True) def __unicode__(self): return u’%s’ % self.sigla class City(models.Model): … Read more