Form.save() returns an object. So your code may look like this:
comment = commentform.save(commit=False)
comment.entry = entry <http://entry.id/>
comment.save()
On Mon, Jan 26, 2009 at 7:28 PM, Ty <brownellty...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Here's a snip of my model:
>
> class Comment(models.Model):
> entry = models.ForeignKey('Entry')
> name = models.CharField(max_length=100)
> email = models.EmailField(max_length=200, blank=True)
> website = models.URLField(verify_exists=True, blank=True)
> body = models.TextField()
>
> Here's what I have in my view:
>
> if request.method == 'POST':
> commentform = CommentForm(request.POST)
> if commentform.is_valid():
> commentform.save(commit=False)
> commentform.entry = entry.id
> commentform.save()
> else:
> commentform = CommentForm()
>
> Once "commentform" validates I get an error when I run the last save()
> method. Here's the error:
> null value in column "entry_id" violates not-null constraint
>
> But I'm assigning "entry_id" a value with this line:
> commentform.entry = entry.id
>
> I'm grabing the "entry" with this before the save() and I know for a
> fact that "entry.id" is not null.
> entry = Entry.objects.filter(publish_date__lte = datetime.now
> ()).order_by('-publish_date')[0]
>
> The question is, why can't I append the "entry_id" value before the
> commited save?
>
> I've tried using "entry.pk" instead of "entry.id", and I've tried
> using "commentform.entry_id" and "commentform.id" instead of
> "commentform.entry". Still no luck, I get the same error every time.
> >
>
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