Hi,
I think that you need to set the form's object instance when
collecting the POST data too:
form = WrestlerProfileForm(request.POST, request.FILES,
instance=profile)
That way, the image will be set with the existing one, and the form
won't complain when validating.
Hope it helps,
Julien
On Aug 21, 4:09 pm, Robvdl <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I've got a model with an ImageField in it:
>
> image = models.ImageField(upload_to='images/wrestlers',
> help_text='...')
>
> I can upload images no problem using the Admin app.
>
> I wish to upload images in my own Django app, so I created a form:
>
> class WrestlerProfileForm(forms.ModelForm):
> class Meta:
> model = WrestlerProfile
> exclude = ('user',)
>
> Now say I already saved a wrestler profile in admin and uploaded a
> picture. In admin, if I re-edit that same profile, the image field is
> still set (i.e. contains an image), and I can leave it as is, just
> edit the other fields and leave the image field alone, it saves no
> problem.
>
> If I do this in my app, it won't populate the image field when the
> form is first shown, even though I use instance=profile when I
> initialize the form, it only populates the other fields. If I hit
> save, it complains that the image field is required. I am able to save
> if I upload another picture, but this is not what I want to have to
> do, always upload a picture, just to be able to save the profile.
>
> Here is my view:
>
> @login_required
> def edit_profile(request):
> try:
> profile =
> WrestlerProfile.objects.get(user__username=request.user.username)
> except WrestlerProfile.DoesNotExist:
> profile = None
> if request.method == 'POST':
> form = WrestlerProfileForm(request.POST, request.FILES)
> if form.is_valid():
> wrestler = form.save(commit=False)
> wrestler.user = request.user
> if not profile is None:
> wrestler.id = profile.id
> wrestler.save()
> return HttpResponseRedirect(request.META['PATH_INFO'])
> else:
> if profile == None:
> form = WrestlerProfileForm()
> else:
> form = WrestlerProfileForm(instance=profile)
> return render_to_response('registration/profile.html', {
> 'form': form,
> }, context_instance=RequestContext(request))
>
> The reason why I save with commit=False then set the wrestler.id to
> profile.id, is because if you look at my form, you may notice I
> exclude the user field, which I actually get from the current logged
> in user.
>
> However, the problem is before that, it actually complains about the
> missing image field at the time I execute form.is_valid().
>
> Any ideas how to get around this issue?
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