newforms view-question

[patrickk]

here´s my view (I think the form-class is not so important for my  
question):

     if request.method == 'POST':
         form = UserProfileForm(request.POST)
         if form.is_valid():
             # SAVING
             user_profile.sex = form.cleaned_data['sex']
             user_profile.date_of_birth = form.cleaned_data 
['date_of_birth']
             user_profile.phone_number = form.cleaned_data 
['phone_number']
             user_profile.place_address = form.cleaned_data 
['place_address']
             user_profile.place_zip_code = form.cleaned_data 
['place_zip_code']
             user_profile.place_location = form.cleaned_data 
['place_location']
             if form.cleaned_data['place_state']:
                 user_profile.place_state_id = int(form.cleaned_data 
['place_state'])
             else:
                 user_profile.place_state_id = ""
             user_profile.save()
             user_data.first_name = form.cleaned_data['first_name']
             user_data.last_name = form.cleaned_data['last_name']
             user_data.save()
     else:
         # INITIAL_DATA
         initial_data = {'sex': user_profile.sex,
             'first_name': user_data.first_name,
             'last_name': user_data.last_name,
             'date_of_birth': user_profile.date_of_birth,
             'phone_number': user_profile.phone_number,
             'place_address': user_profile.place_address,
             'place_zip_code': user_profile.place_zip_code,
             'place_location': user_profile.place_location,
             'place_state': user_profile.get_state_id,
         }
         form = UserProfileForm(initial=initial_data)

problem is: I´d like to clean this view by eliminating SAVING and  
INITIAL_DATA,
so the view should look like this (if that´s possible):

     if request.method == 'POST':
         form = UserProfileForm(request.POST)
         if form.is_valid():
             # SAVING
             do_save()
     else:
         # INITIAL_DATA
         get_initial_data()
         form = UserProfileForm(initial=initial_data)

question is: where to define do_save() and get_initial_data()?
do I have to define that in my model and call something like:  
user_profile.save() or user_profile.get_initial_data()?
or can I define these functions within the form? what´s the "right  
way" to do that?

I´ve done some research but all I could find were examples for  
form_for_model and form_for_instance, which is not what I need.
If someone knows a more complex example of using newforms ... please  
share it.

thanks,
patrick




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