1) you should create a form for building 2) you should create a form for inhabitant and set key to the correct value before saving
IMHO simple way is create a edit form for buiding which has buttons add/remove inhabitant . check DetailView in docs please thanks, Serge skype: skhohlov tel: +380636150445 2012/12/12 Jonas Geiregat <jo...@geiregat.org>: > Hello, > > Suppose I have a model with a foreign key. > > class Building(models.Model): > pass > class Inhabitant(models.Model): > building = models.ForeignKey(Building) > > > I would like to display a form where all fields from the Building model and > Inhabitant model are visible (but only once) > > Should I create 2 forms, one for Building and one for Inhabitant ? And upon > submission add the Building to the Inhabitant. > > Currently I've worked together a little working something using the > CreateView (Generic views) > > > def post(..) > self.inhabitant_form = InhabitantForm(data=request.POST) > if form.is_valid() and self.inhabitant_form.is_valid(): > …. > > def form_valid(self, form): > # form is an instance of BuildingForm > building = form.instance > building.save() > > # I'm also overriding the post method where self.inhabitant_form is being > set > inhabitant = self.inhabitant_form.instance > self.inhabitant.building = building > self.inhabitant.save() > > > Am I on the right path or are there are better ways of handling such > situations ? > > Regards, > > Jonas. > > -- > 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. > -- 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.
