Should I override/overload the init function in my ApprovalForm class?
Am I misusing the ModelForm constructor?
On Jan 19, 2:27 pm, "tom.s.macken...@gmail.com"
<tom.s.macken...@gmail.com> wrote:
> I want to create a form based on a model and inject data into it
> manually. See below for implementation.
>
> class Approval(models.Model):
> company = models.ForeignKey(Company)
> product = models.ForeignKey(Product)
> approval_type = models.ForeignKey(Approval_Type, help_text='How
> did you get your information?')
> ingredient = models.ForeignKey(Ingredient,default=1)
> pub_date = models.DateTimeField
> (default=datetime.datetime.now)
> approved = models.BooleanField()
> url = models.CharField(null=True, blank=True,
> max_length=100)
> comment = models.CharField(null=True, blank=True,
> max_length=200)
> user = models.ForeignKey(User)
> show = models.BooleanField(default=False)
> show_pub_date = models.DateTimeField(null=True, blank=True)
>
> class ApprovalForm(ModelForm):
> class Meta:
> model = Approval
> fields =
> ('company','product','approval_type','approved','url','comment')
>
> #Views.py
>
> products = Product.objects.filter(company=company_id)
> companies = Company.objects.filter(id=company_id)
> types = Approval_Type.objects.all()
>
> data = {'company': companies,
> 'product': products,
> 'approval_type': types,
> 'approved': False,
> 'url': 'www.someWebSite.com',
> 'comment': 'Enter Comment Here',}
>
> form = ApprovalForm(data, initial={'company': company_id,
> 'product':product_id})
>
> My Expectations for the company and product content is:
> 1. I want all the companies injected into the form.
> 2. I only want the products that relate to the initial company that is
> selected. (This is because in the template I want to list only the
> products that relate to the current selected company via JQuery).
>
> The only fields being assigned are the ones that are not multiple
> choice ones (url is ok, comment, etc). How do I assign the data for
> the company and product fields?
>
> Any advise is welcome
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