Thanks!
A follow up question -
Would i exclude that field in my class description?
i.e.
class RecipeForm(forms.ModelForm):
class Meta:
model = Recipes
exclude = ('user',)
On Feb 11, 10:54 am, Daniel Roseman <roseman.dan...@googlemail.com>
wrote:
> On Feb 11, 3:20 pm, gbd <ganit.bar...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>
>
> > Hello,
>
> > I am presently working on my first Django project and seemed to be a
> > little stuck concerning session variables and forms.
>
> > This is how my app is laid out:
> > - user logs in and is directed to a "you have successfully logged in"
> > page
> > - user is then redirected to what i am hoping to be an account page
> > where they can submit information using a form
> > - this form is a ModelForm (which I believe makes a difference)
> > - since the user has already logged in I would like the user field on
> > this form to be defaulted
>
> > This is where I am having trouble, where do I set this default and how
> > would I do this?
>
> > I've tried to figure it out on my own but i've gotten nowhere
>
> > Thanks!
>
> In the view, when you instantiate the form, you can pass a dictionary
> of initial values, which you can populate from the session:
>
> initial_data = {'user_id': request.user.id }
> form = MyModelForm(initial=initial_data)
>
> --
> DR.
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