On Apr 9, 1:02 am, Daniel Roseman <roseman.dan...@googlemail.com>
wrote:
> On Apr 9, 2:55 am, codecowboy <guy.ja...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>
>
> > I want to create aformthat allows a user to edit his/her profile. I
> > don't want to bind myformto a model because theformwill involve
> > two different models. Does anyone have any ideas. I've read chapter
> > 7 in the Django Book but it only to a simple example that does not
> > help me.
>
> > Here is what I have tried.
>
> > s = get_object_or_404(Scientist, pk=7)
> >form= ScientistProfileForm(initial=s)
>
> > I've also tried.
>
> >form= ScientistProfileForm(s)
>
> > I always get the following error message.
>
> > Caught an exception while rendering: 'Scientist' object has no
> > attribute 'get'
>
> > Thanks in advance for any help. If I figure this out then I will post
> > my solution in here in great detail for anyone else that needs it.
>
> If it's not a ModelForm, you can't just pass in an instance. You'll
> need a dictionary.
>
> initial_dict = {
> 'name': s.name,
> ... etc ...}
>
> form= ScientistProfileForm(initial=initial_dict)
>
Anything wrong with doing this? form = ScientistProfileForm( initial
= s.__dict__ )
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Milan
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