Odoo 12 Development Essentials - Fourth Edition

Basic field types

We will revisit the book model to present the several field types available. We should edit the library_app/models/library_book.py file and edit the Book class to look like this:

# class Book(models.Model):    # ...    # String fields: name = fields.Char('Title')    isbn = fields.Char('ISBN')    book_type = fields.Selection(        [('paper','Paperback'),         ('hard','Hardcover'),         ('electronic','Electronic'),         ('other', 'Other')],        'Type')    notes = fields.Text('Internal Notes')     descr = fields.Html('Description')     # Numeric fields:    copies = fields.Integer(default=1)    avg_rating = fields.Float('Average Rating', (3, 2))    price = fields.Monetary('Price', 'currency_id')     currency_id = fields.Many2one('res.currency')  # price helper # Date and time fields: ...