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.. _tables-for-models:
Tables for models
=================
If you build use tables to display `.QuerySet` data, rather than defining each
column manually in the table, the `.Table.Meta.model` option allows tables to
be dynamically created based on a model::
# models.py
class Person(models.Model):
first_name = models.CharField(max_length=200)
last_name = models.CharField(max_length=200)
user = models.ForeignKey("auth.User")
dob = models.DateField()
# tables.py
class PersonTable(tables.Table):
class Meta:
model = Person
This has a number of benefits:
- Less code, easier to write, more DRY
- Columns use the field's `~.models.Field.verbose_name`
- Specialized columns are used where possible (e.g. `.DateColumn` for a
`~.models.DateField`)
When using this approach, the following options are useful:
- `~.Table.Meta.sequence` -- reorder columns
- `~.Table.Meta.fields` -- specify model fields to *include*
- `~.Table.Meta.exclude` -- specify model fields to *exclude*
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