Customize/remove Django select box blank option

Question

I\'m using Django 1.0.2. I\'ve written a ModelForm backed by a Model. This model has a ForeignKey where blank=False. When Django generates HTML for this form it creates a

Answer 1

For the latest version of django the first answer should be like this

class ThingForm(models.ModelForm):
class Meta:
 model = Thing

  def __init__(self, *args, **kwargs):
    self.base_fields['cargo'].empty_label = None
    super(ThingForm, self).__init__(*args, **kwargs)`