not sure if this will solve the problem, but according to the documentation you should use 1. manipulator = Place.ChangeManipulator(place_id) 2. place = manipulator.original_object 3. new_data = manipulator.flatten_data()
nr. 3 has been changed in the docs recently: see http://www.djangoproject.com/documentation/forms/#using-the- changemanipulator patrick Am 20.09.2006 um 08:03 schrieb Sean Schertell: > > Using a custom manipulator, I'm trying to populate my form with > existing data. But I can't get the data from the FK tables to show up. > > Here's a simplified example: > > Group > name > > Member > first_name > last_name > > > So let's say a Group can only have up to 6 members. And I have a form > that lets you add a group and up to 6 members all in one go. My add > form works fine. And my edit form works to the point of populating > the group -- but not the members. > > Here's basically what I'm doing to get the data into the form: > > In my custom GroupManipulator, I fetch the data like this: > self.original = Group.objects.get(id=group_id) > > Then in my edit_group view, I do this: > new_data = manipulator.original.__dict__ > > And pass new_data to a FormWrapper as normal. > > Like I said, this all works perfectly except that the members of my > edit form are blank. > > How can I pull in subobjects along with the parent object and pass it > to the FormWrapper? > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
