default value for django choice field

Question

Suppose class Photo is to hold photos having choice fields and other attributes:

class Photo(models.Model):
    ONLYME = \'O\'
    FRIENDS =         


        

Answer 1

You could just set the default attribute:

display = models.CharField(default='F', max_length=1, choices=CHOICES, blank=True, null=True)

Reference.

Answer 2

Use the default attribute:

display = models.CharField(..., default=FRIENDS)

or

display = models.CharField(..., default=CHOICES[1][1])