Thanks, that makes the form show up populated. But saving it creates a new record, despite making sure I have id in a hidden field on the form. :-/
On Dec 3, 2009, at 12:26 AM, Rishabh Manocha wrote: > On Thu, Dec 3, 2009 at 4:17 PM, Todd Blanchard <tblanch...@mac.com> wrote: >> All the tutorials on forms discuss creating a new record. >> >> I've got a record in the database, I want to fetch it, plunk its values into >> a form, let the user edit it and save it. >> >> I don't see how to conveniently put the model's values into the form. It >> seems the form wants a dictionary of values, so how to convert a model >> object to a dict? >> >> -Todd Blanchard >> >> -- >> >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "Django users" group. >> To post to this group, send email to django-us...@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. >> >> >> > > Assuming you'd use a ModelForm[1] to update the records, all you need > to do is something like the following: > > my_record = Record.objects.get(id = 1) > my_form = MyRecordModelForm(instance = my_record) > > You will then have a form with the 'values' on the fields pre-set. > Users can then edit the form to their hearts content, submit it and > you can the process the form[2] as you would normally do with a > ModelForm. > > > [1] - http://docs.djangoproject.com/en/dev/topics/forms/modelforms/ > [2] - > http://docs.djangoproject.com/en/dev/topics/forms/modelforms/#the-save-method > > -- > > Best, > > R > > -- > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Django users" group. > To post to this group, send email to django-us...@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. > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Django users" group. To post to this group, send email to django-us...@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.
