On 08.04.2009, at 17:10, Facundo Casco wrote:
> > On Tue, Jan 20, 2009 at 11:17 AM, [email protected] > <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> Thanks guys, I'm gonna give this a try! >> >> Mike. > Hi, I'm having the exact same problem you had and I can't find a nice > way around it. > I want the name of the currently logged in user to be pre-selected in > a combo box in the form. > > The form is used to create a new object in the database. What I've > found as the main problem is that when I display the form for the > first time, if it's bound it throws validation errors (because I don't > want to pre-populate all the required fields) and if it is not bound > it just doesn't display the pre-populated data. > > My workaround at the time is to pass a flag to the template so it > doesn't show the errors but I still don't think that is the best way > to do it. > > Any help would be appreciated. > If you create tHe Form ala form = Form( initial={'user': request.user}) it should prepopulate the field and not throw validation errors. if on the other hand you create the form like: form = Form({'user': request.user}) you bind the form and it validates on output. adi --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Django users" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
