I think this can help: http://code.djangoproject.com/wiki/CookBookManipulatorWithPostpopulatedFields
also look at Django Forms documentation On 5/30/06, Marcin Kaszynski <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Hello, > > is there a way to make update_object preserve values of some fields > without putting them in the update form? > > I have a model with a 'creator' field: > > class Company(models.Model): > creator = models.ForeignKey(auth.User, ....) > [...] > > I want to set this field automatically when a Company gets created (I > got this part working using the threadlocals trick), but the value > should not change after that. > > I tried several ways to make this work (including a custom save() > method in the model and a custom CreatorField with a pre_save method > that set the value if add=True) and so far had no luck: update_object > simply takes data from POST and if something is not set there then the > field will be set to None. > > Is there some way around it without patching update_object, or do I > have to write custom views for such models? > > -mk > > PS. My first post on this group. Welcome everyone! > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Django users" group. To post to this group, send email to django-users@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/django-users -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
