Default value for field in Django model

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Yuval Adam picture Yuval Adam · Apr 16, 2009 · Viewed 166k times · Source

Suppose I have a model:

class SomeModel(models.Model):
    id = models.AutoField(primary_key=True)
    a = models.CharField(max_length=10)
    b = models.CharField(max_length=7)

Currently I am using the default admin to create/edit objects of this type. How do I remove the field b from the admin so that each object cannot be created with a value, and rather will receive a default value of 0000000?

Answer

FogleBird picture FogleBird · Apr 16, 2009

Set editable to False and default to your default value.

http://docs.djangoproject.com/en/stable/ref/models/fields/#editable

b = models.CharField(max_length=7, default='0000000', editable=False)

Also, your id field is unnecessary. Django will add it automatically.

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