Default value for field in Django model

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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?

3 Answers

You can set the default like this:

b = models.CharField(max_length=7,default="foobar")

and then you can hide the field with your model's Admin class like this:

class SomeModelAdmin(admin.ModelAdmin):
    exclude = ("b")
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