How to properly use the “choices” field option in Django

Question

I\'m reading the tutorial here: https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/1.5/ref/models/fields/#choices and i\'m trying to create a box where the user can select the month he was b

Answer 1

The cleanest solution is to use the django-model-utils library:

from model_utils import Choices

class Article(models.Model):
    STATUS = Choices('draft', 'published')
    status = models.CharField(choices=STATUS, default=STATUS.draft, max_length=20)

https://django-model-utils.readthedocs.io/en/latest/utilities.html#choices