Get Foreign Key Value

Question

How can I get the foreign key values? I have a common vehicle model that links to the year, series, engine type, body style, transmission and drive train...all as foreign keys. I'd like to get the values of these fields for my app, but I'm stuck as to how I'd go about them. Any ideas will be highly appreciated.

class Model(models.Model):
model = models.CharField(max_length=15, blank=False)
manufacturer = models.ForeignKey(Manufacturer)
date_added = models.DateField()
def __unicode__(self):
    name = ''+str(self.manufacturer)+" "+str(self.model)
    return name 

class Year(models.Model):
ALPHA_NUMERIC_CHOICES = (
    ('1', 'Numeric'),
    ('A', 'Alphabetic'),
)

year = models.PositiveSmallIntegerField()
position_7_char = models.CharField(max_length=1, choices=ALPHA_NUMERIC_CHOICES)
position_10 = models.CharField(max_length=1, blank=False)
def __unicode__(self):
    return unicode(self.year)

class Series(models.Model):
series = models.CharField(max_length=20, blank=True)
model = models.ForeignKey(Model)
date_added = models.DateField()
def __unicode__(self):
    name = str(self.model)+" "+str(self.series)
    return name

class CommonVehicle(models.Model):
year = models.ForeignKey(Year)
series = models.ForeignKey(Series)
engine = models.ForeignKey(Engine)
body_style = models.ForeignKey(BodyStyle)
transmission = models.ForeignKey(Transmission)
drive_train = models.ForeignKey(DriveTrain)
def __unicode__(self):
    name = ''+str(self.year)+" "+str(self.series)
    return name
class Vehicle(models.Model):
stock_number = models.CharField(max_length=6, blank=False)
vin = models.CharField(max_length=17, blank=False)
common_vehicle = models.ForeignKey(CommonVehicle)
exterior_colour = models.ForeignKey(ExteriorColour)
interior_colour = models.ForeignKey(InteriorColour)
interior_type = models.ForeignKey(InteriorType)
odometer_unit = models.ForeignKey(OdometerUnit)
status = models.ForeignKey(Status)
odometer_reading = models.PositiveIntegerField()
selling_price = models.PositiveIntegerField()
purchase_date = models.DateField()
sales_description = models.CharField(max_length=60, blank=False)
def __unicode__(self):
    return self.stock_number

Answer 1

You need the actual IDs? Try something like my_vehicle_ref.series.id.

Also, I hope you know that the series attribute right there is really an instance of Series, so you could access any of it's properties, e.g., my_vehicle_ref.series.model.model.