Hi Chris, On 12/01/07, Chris Rose <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Felix Ingram wrote: > > 3. Binding data - I'd like the form to handle editing of an instance. > > I could construct a dictionary of values and pass it to the form as > > per the docs but I'd like to just pass a model instance and have the > > form sort things out. Is this advisable? If so then does anyone have > > any pointers about what methods I need to implement? > > You can use the model instances __dict__: > > my_form = CreateForm(initial=model_instance.__dict__) > > Saves copying each field into a seperate dict or implementing any extra > methods in your form.
This works quite well for simple forms but it won't populate m2m fields and I need to tweak some fields for display. Thanks for reminding me about __dict__ though. I do forget about it. Regards, Felix --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
