Thanks for the response Serge, So basically I was on the right path.
But I don't see what the DetailView has to do with this ? Don't you mean the CreateView ? Jonas. > 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. > -- 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.
