Thanks Rajesh - this works perfectly! I now have another question...
What do I now do about manytomany fields for example look at the contributor field in the example below - I want the current contributors to be selected in the change form (these can obviously be more than one) models.py: class SmallDesignSet(models.Model): title=models.CharField(max_length=100) priority=models.ForeignKey('Priority') status=models.ForeignKey(Status, default=2) concept=models.DateField() contributor=models.ManyToManyField(Designer) class Priority(models.Model): priority=models.CharField(max_length=20) class Designer(models.Model): first_name = models.CharField(max_length=100) last_name=models.CharField(max_length=100) email=models.EmailField(unique=True) def __str__(self): return '%s %s' % (self.first_name, self.last_name) form.py: class SmallDesignSetSaveForm(forms.Form): priority = forms.ModelChoiceField( label='Priority', queryset=Priority.objects.all() ) status = forms.ModelChoiceField( label='Status', queryset=Status.objects.all() ) title = forms.CharField( label='Title', widget=forms.TextInput(attrs={'size':64}) ) concept = forms.DateField( label='Concept', widget=forms.TextInput(attrs={'size':10}) ) contributor = forms.ModelMultipleChoiceField( label='Contributor', queryset=Designer.objects.all() ) views.py: def smalldesignset_save_page(request): ... elif request.GET.has_key('id'): id = request.GET['id'] designset = SmallDesignSet.objects.get(pk=id) priority = designset.priority status = designset.status title = designset.title concept = designset.concept contributor = designset.contributor form = SmallDesignSetSaveForm(initial={ 'priority': priority.pk, 'status': status.pk, 'title': title, 'concept': concept, 'contributor': contributor, }) Many thanks, Martin On Jul 14, 8:48 pm, Rajesh Dhawan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi Martin, > > On Jul 14, 12:14 pm,mbdtsmh<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > Hi everyone - wondering if someone could point me in the right > > direction with this one? > > > I am trying to populate fields in a form with data from the database > > (i.e., a change form rather than an add new form). It works fine for > > populating Char/Date Fields but when I do the same for ForeignKey or > > m2m fields I loose the information about the items that have been > > selected. I.e., for a foreign key I get the dropdown for the foreign > > key list but no single item is highlighted as selected. > > > Below is an example: > > > models.py: > > > class SmallDesignSet(models.Model): > > title=models.CharField(max_length=100) > > priority=models.ForeignKey('Priority') > > status=models.ForeignKey(Status, default=2) > > concept=models.DateField() > > > class Priority(models.Model): > > priority=models.CharField(max_length=20) > > ... > > > forms.py: > > > class SmallDesignSetSaveForm(forms.Form): > > priority = forms.ModelChoiceField( > > label='Priority', > > queryset=Priority.objects.all() > > ) > > status = forms.ModelChoiceField( > > label='Status', > > queryset=Status.objects.all() > > ) > > title = forms.CharField( > > label='Title', > > widget=forms.TextInput(attrs={'size':64}) > > ) > > concept = forms.DateField( > > label='Concept', > > widget=forms.TextInput(attrs={'size':10}) > > ) > > > views.py: > > > def smalldesignset_save_page(request): > > ... > > elif request.GET.has_key('id'): > > id = request.GET['id'] > > designset = SmallDesignSet.objects.get(pk=id) > > priority = designset.priority > > status = designset.status > > title = designset.title > > concept = designset.concept > > form = SmallDesignSetSaveForm(initial={ > > 'priority': priority, > > 'status': status, > > 'title': title, > > 'concept': concept, > > }) > > Try: > > form = SmallDesignSetSaveForm(initial={ > 'priority': priority.pk, > 'status': status.pk, > 'title': title, > 'concept': concept, > }) > > -Rajesh D --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---