.

generic/views.py

@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+from dal import autocomplete
 from django.contrib.auth.models import User
 from django.contrib.contenttypes.models import ContentType
 from django.forms.models import model_to_dict
@@ -5,7 +6,7 @@ from django.shortcuts import render, get_object_or_404, redirect
 
 from django.contrib.auth.decorators import login_required, user_passes_test
 from django.views.decorators.csrf import csrf_exempt
-from django.core.exceptions import PermissionDenied
+from django.core.exceptions import PermissionDenied, FieldError
 
 from django.http import Http404, JsonResponse
 from django.http import HttpResponseRedirect, HttpResponse
@@ -806,4 +807,22 @@ class ExamCloneMixin():
         object = form.save()
         object.exam_questions.set(self.exam_questions)
         object.save()
-        return HttpResponseRedirect(object.get_absolute_url())
+        return HttpResponseRedirect(object.get_absolute_url())
+
+
+class ExaminationAutocomplete(autocomplete.Select2QuerySetView):
+    def get_queryset(self):
+        # Don't forget to filter out results depending on the visitor !
+        if not self.request.user.is_authenticated:
+            return Examination.objects.none()
+
+        qs = Examination.objects.all()
+
+        if self.q:
+            # This raises a fielderror which breaks creating a new item if not caught
+            try:
+                qs = qs.filter(name__icontains=self.q)
+            except FieldError:
+                return Examination.objects.none()
+
+        return qs