I too had this issue until I found out I was going about it the wrong way. See Django docs - http://docs.djangoproject.com/en/dev/topics/forms/modelforms/#using-a-subset-of-fields-on-the-form
Your code should be :- formContent = PropertyForm(request.POST) form_instance = formContent.save(commit = False) form_instance.user = request.user form_instance.save() On Apr 8, 4:03 am, ramya <mail.ra...@gmail.com> wrote: > class Property(models.Model): > property_id = models.AutoField(primary_key = True) > property_name = models.CharField("Name", max_length = 30) > user = models.ForeignKey(User) > > class PropertyForm(ModelForm): > class Meta: > model = Property > exclude = ('user') > > def addProperty(request): > formContent = PropertyForm(request.POST) > formContent.save(commit = False) > formContent.user = request.user > formContent.save() > > create table property ( property_id int(11) NOT NULL > auto_increment, property_name varchar(30) NOT NULL, primary key > (property_id), foreign key(user_id) references auth_user(id) ); > > I am trying to save a record into property model with the current user > id (of logged in user). > > I do not want to query user auth_user table(unnecessary query) > a. if the field name in db is user_id > This throws the error > IntegrityError at /addProperty > (1048, "Column 'user_id' cannot be null") > > b. if the field name is user > Throws an sql error > OperationalError at /addProperty > (1054, "Unknown column 'user_id' in 'field list'") > > Any pointers. > Thanks and Regards, > Ramya Krishnan --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Django users" group. To post to this group, send email to django-users@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to django-users+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/django-users?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---