Thanks, I'm digesting it. I am going to use the first option. On Sun, Jan 28, 2018 at 3:20 PM, Akhil Lawrence <akhilputh...@gmail.com> wrote:
> I doubt whether you are reading my response properly. Let me reiterate my > response for you. > > > *There are two ways to do this. * > > *1. You can set the owner as the logged in user by default* > *2. You can provide all possible owners as options and the user can select > the owner from a dropdown.* > > *For case 1, you may not want to display the owner field in frontend. Here > you can override form_valid and set the owner as logged in user.* > > *class CreateDog(CreateView):* > * .......* > * def form_valid(self, form):* > * form.instance.owner = self.request.user* > * return super(CreateDog, self).form_valid(form)* > > *For more details:* > > *https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/2.0/topics/class-based-views/generic-editing/#models-and-request-user > <https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/2.0/topics/class-based-views/generic-editing/#models-and-request-user>* > > *http://ccbv.co.uk/projects/Django/1.11/django.views.generic.edit/CreateView/#form_valid > <http://ccbv.co.uk/projects/Django/1.11/django.views.generic.edit/CreateView/#form_valid>* > > > *For case 2, you need to populate the list of owners by overriding the > get_initial method.* > > *class CreateDog(CreateView):* > * .......* > * def get_initial(self):* > * initial_data = super(CreateDog, self).get_initial()* > * initial_data["owner"] = [(x.id <http://x.id/>, x.name > <http://x.name/>) for x in Owner.objects.all()]* > * return initial_data* > > *For more details:* > > *https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/2.0/ref/class-based-views/mixins-editing/#django.views.generic.edit.FormMixin.initial > <https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/2.0/ref/class-based-views/mixins-editing/#django.views.generic.edit.FormMixin.initial>* > > *http://ccbv.co.uk/projects/Django/1.11/django.views.generic.edit/CreateView/#get_initial* > <http://ccbv.co.uk/projects/Django/1.11/django.views.generic.edit/CreateView/#get_initial> > > > if you don't want to show the owner and want to associate the pet with > owner via backend go for option1 (also note that you may need to remove the > owner from fields of your createview) > if you want to show a dropdown of possible owners go for option 2. > > If you need further assistance, please share your screen via chrome remote > desktop or something and lets solve it > > Thanks. > > > On Sunday, 28 January 2018 12:29:58 UTC+5:30, tangoward15 wrote: >> >> Sorry for being a drag, I tried this code: >> >> class CreateDog(CreateView): >> template_name = 'dogs_cats/create_dog.html' >> model = Dog >> fields = ('name', 'bday', 'owner') >> >> def get_initial(self): >> initial_data = super(CreateDog, self).get_initial() >> initial_data["owner"] = [(self.request.user.id, >> self.request.user.username)] >> return initial_data >> >> >> still I am getting the Admin user in the drop down list for owner. >> >> On Sun, Jan 28, 2018 at 2:31 PM, Akhil Lawrence <akhilp...@gmail.com> >> wrote: >> >>> >>> override get_initial and set only the logged in user >>> >>> class CreateDog(CreateView): >>> ....... >>> def get_initial(self): >>> initial_data = super(CreateDog, self).get_initial() >>> initial_data["owner"] = [(self.request.user.id, >>> self.request.user.username)] >>> return initial_data >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> On Sunday, 28 January 2018 11:52:31 UTC+5:30, tangoward15 wrote: >>>> >>>> I updated my models. py >>>> >>>> from django.db import models >>>> from django.contrib.auth import get_user_model >>>> from django.contrib.auth.models import User, PermissionsMixin >>>> >>>> # Create your models here. >>>> >>>> >>>> Pet_Owner = get_user_model() >>>> >>>> >>>> class RegisteredUser(User, PermissionsMixin): >>>> >>>> def __str__(self): >>>> return self.username >>>> >>>> >>>> class Dog(models.Model): >>>> name = models.CharField(max_length=40) >>>> bday = models.DateField() >>>> owner = models.ForeignKey(Pet_Owner, related_name='dogs', >>>> on_delete=models.CASCADE) >>>> >>>> def __str__(self): >>>> return self.name + ' - ' + str(self.owner) >>>> >>>> >>>> class Cat(models.Model): >>>> name = models.CharField(max_length=40) >>>> bday = models.DateField() >>>> owner = models.ForeignKey(Pet_Owner, related_name='cats', >>>> on_delete=models.CASCADE) >>>> >>>> def __str__(self): >>>> return self.name + ' - ' + str(self.owner) >>>> >>>> >>>> I can see all users as drop down list for owner field using Pet_Owner = >>>> get_user_model() .Problem is, it shows all the Users in the project not the >>>> only one who is currently logged in. >>>> >>>> On Sun, Jan 28, 2018 at 2:06 PM, Akhil Lawrence <akhilp...@gmail.com> >>>> wrote: >>>> >>>>> Its the reverse. If the owner is deleted, all the cats and dogs >>>>> associated with the owner will be deleted. >>>>> >>>>> On Sunday, 28 January 2018 10:43:54 UTC+5:30, tangoward15 wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>> Will try it now. >>>>>> >>>>>> Quesion about the on_delete=models.CASCADE, does this mean that if I >>>>>> delete the pet (dog or cat) it will delete the owner who owns them? >>>>>> >>>>>> On Sun, Jan 28, 2018 at 1:11 PM, Akhil Lawrence <akhilp...@gmail.com> >>>>>> wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>>> Your create view do not accept owner as a input and according to >>>>>>> your models, owner can be null. That's the problem. Include owner to >>>>>>> your >>>>>>> create view fields as shown below. Also you may consider making owner >>>>>>> mandatory as mentioned in my previous response. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> class CreateDog(CreateView): >>>>>>> model = Dog >>>>>>> fields = ('name', 'bday', 'owner') >>>>>>> template_name = 'animals/dog_create.html' >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> class CreateCat(CreateView): >>>>>>> model = Cat >>>>>>> fields = ('name', 'bday', 'owner') >>>>>>> template_name = 'animals/cat_create.html' >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Thanks >>>>>>> >>>>>>> -- >>>>>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>>>>>> Groups "Django users" group. >>>>>>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, >>>>>>> send an email to django-users...@googlegroups.com. >>>>>>> To post to this group, send email to django...@googlegroups.com. >>>>>>> Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/django-users. >>>>>>> To view this discussion on the web visit >>>>>>> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/django-users/340fa5fd-1475 >>>>>>> -4355-821c-82404b71b6bb%40googlegroups.com. >>>>>>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >>>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> -- >>>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>>>> Groups "Django users" group. >>>>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send >>>>> an email to django-users...@googlegroups.com. >>>>> To post to this group, send email to django...@googlegroups.com. >>>>> Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/django-users. >>>>> To view this discussion on the web visit >>>>> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/django-users/09d7c9ca-7dab >>>>> -4787-94d9-09b3a1bc682a%40googlegroups.com >>>>> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/django-users/09d7c9ca-7dab-4787-94d9-09b3a1bc682a%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> >>>>> . >>>>> >>>>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >>>>> >>>> >>>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>> Groups "Django users" group. >>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send >>> an email to django-users...@googlegroups.com. >>> To post to this group, send email to django...@googlegroups.com. >>> Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/django-users. >>> To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/ms >>> gid/django-users/d5f91e94-bd91-47d4-9a26-bfbd56283f00%40googlegroups.com >>> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/django-users/d5f91e94-bd91-47d4-9a26-bfbd56283f00%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> >>> . >>> >>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >>> >> >> -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Django users" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to django-users+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To post to this group, send email to django-users@googlegroups.com. > Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/django-users. > To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/ > msgid/django-users/f8be9ac2-1738-4674-83b6-8baa2de8b446%40googlegroups.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/django-users/f8be9ac2-1738-4674-83b6-8baa2de8b446%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Django users" group. 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