Changeset 2120

Timestamp:

01/23/06 17:22:45 (3 years ago)

Author:

adrian

Message:

Added 'How do I automatically set a field's value to the user who last edited the object in the admin?' and 'How do I limit admin access so that objects can only be edited by the users who created them?' to the FAQ

Files:

• django/trunk/docs/faq.txt (modified) (1 diff)

django/trunk/docs/faq.txt

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-allows access to users with those two fields both set to True.
-
+How do I automatically set a field's value to the user who last edited the object in the admin?
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+
+At this point, you can't do this. But it's an oft-requested feature, so we're
+discussing how it can be implemented. The problem is we don't want to couple
+the model layer with the admin layer with the request layer (to get the current
+user). It's a tricky problem.
+
+How do I limit admin access so that objects can only be edited by the users who created them?
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+
+See the answer to the previous question.
+
-My "list_filter" contains a ManyToManyField, but the filter doesn't display.
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