I use a very similar design, except instead of
instanceform = myform(instance=instance)
I use
instanceform = form_for_Instance(instance)
I'm not sure what the difference is, they should both return a valid
Form that creates the necessary information, but I had issues like
yourself for that too.
HTH
John
On Apr 5, 10:58 am, "tyman26" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >def add_edit_model(request, id=None):
> > if id is not None:
> > instance = MyModel.objects.get(id=id)
> > InstanceForm = MyForm(instance=instance)
> > else:
> > InstanceForm = MyForm()
> > if request.POST:
> > form = InstanceForm(request.POST)
> > if form.is_valid():
> > form.save()
> > return HttpResponseRedirect('/whatever/url/')
> > return render_to_response('template.html', {'form': InstanceForm})
>
> I looked at this previous posting that showed the proper way to
> construct add/edit newForms. I got most of it working, but I am
> having trouble saving the edit form.
>
> The line of code "form = InstanceForm(request.POST)" doesn't make
> any sense. The InstanceForm was already created so how can you pass
> POST information to it again? When I use this method I keep adding
> new items when I really only want to update a current item. Is there
> some other way to pass the POST information to an instance form which
> is already created?
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