That did it. 99% of the time the data will be there; I can write exception clauses for when it isn't. I think I'll use this method, though I had just discovered the "initial" dictionary argument as well, a few minutes before I noticed your reply. Is there a spot in the Django docs that explains this in more detail? I haven't been able to find it.
Thank you very much! James On Apr 26, 3:17 pm, Shawn Milochik <sh...@milochik.com> wrote: > If you're creating a ModelForm that already has data in the database, > don't pass in request.POST. Instead, pass in the instance with the > 'instance' keyword argument. > > For example, if it was a ModelForm for the User object: form = > UserForm(instance = request.user) -- 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 django-users+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/django-users?hl=en.
