If you want to set the status field on the model after you save the
form, you can do something like this:
msg_instance = form.save(commit=False)
msg_instance.status = 'F'
msg_instance.save() # don't forget the save, because the form didn't
# save the model
On Wed, 2009-10-07 at 06:14 -0700, valler wrote:
> Hello.
>
> I can't understand how I can add some extra fields on form saving.
>
> Here is a simple example:
>
> class Msg(models.Model):
> title = models.CharField(max_length=30)
> message = models.CharField(max_length=100)
> status = models.CharrField(max_length=1,null=True,blank=True)
>
> class MsgForm(ModelForm):
> class Meta:
> model = Msg
> exclude = ('status') ## I don't want users to see it in html form
> ##
>
> ...
> status = 'F' ## for example
> if request.method == 'POST':
> form = msgForm(request.POST)
> if form.is_valid:
> form.save() ????
>
> How can i set status here? If i set form = msgForm(request.POST,
> initial={status:'F'}) - this does nothing.
>
> >
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