On Tue, Jul 28, 2009 at 8:58 PM, Streamweaver <streamwea...@gmail.com>wrote:
> > To be clear. Essentially I just want to merge the object instance and > POST data with the POST data overwriting the instance where it's > supplied. Right now if I don't supply a field in my POST data it just > submits null values. > > Thanks again and sorry for any repetition or frustration. > > On Jul 28, 5:25 pm, Streamweaver <streamwea...@gmail.com> wrote: > > I have been struggling with this for a few weeks without resolution > > and hope someone can help me. > > > > I have a model that I edit via a form but the field returned for > > editing vary depending on the user permissions and group. > > > > When I bind a form to POST data some fields may or may not be included > > in that post. All I really want to do is take the model I'm editing, > > change anything submitted by the POST data and leave the rest as is > > but I don't seem to be able to find a way to do this without having to > > explicitly declare each field. Is there a way around this or > > something I'm missing. > > > > Thanks in advance for any help. > Take a look here and pay close attention to the section "Using a model formset in a view" http://docs.djangoproject.com/en/dev/topics/forms/modelforms/ You should also look here. It's the more generic way forms without tying it to a given model http://docs.djangoproject.com/en/dev/topics/forms/#topics-forms-index --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
