Another point (sorry I should have said this in my original post)
My form is bound
i.e. in my view
form = RecipeForm(request.POST)
I don't believe that I can use initial in this case?
please let me know if I've misunderstood
thanks again!
On Feb 11, 11:06 am, gbd <ganit.bar...@gmail.com> wrote:
> 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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