clinic/netforce_clinic/models/province.py

from netforce.model import Model, fields

class Province(Model):
    _inherit="province"

    def _get_sort_name(self,ids,context={}):
        res={}
        for obj in self.browse(ids):
            sname=''
            if obj.name:
                sname=obj.name[0:1]
            res[obj.id]=sname
        return res

    _fields={
        "name": fields.Char("Name",required=True,search=True,translate=True),
        "sort_name": fields.Char("Sort Name",function="_get_sort_name",store=True),
    }
    _order="sort_name asc"

Province.register()