I have the following: ## MODELS
class Category(models.Model): user = models.ForeignKey(User) name = models.CharField(max_length=200) class Link(models.Model): user = models.ForeignKey(User) category = models.ForeignKey(Category) name = models.CharField(max_length=255) url = models.URLField(max_length=255) ## FORMS class CategoryField(forms.Field): def clean(self, value): if not value: raise forms.ValidationError('This field is required.') try: category = Category.objects.get(user=???, name=value) except Category.DoesNotExist: category = Category(user=???, name=value) category.save() return category class LinkForm(ModelForm): category = CategoryField() class Meta: model = Link exclude = ('user', 'url') ## VIEWS def create(request): if request.method == 'POST': form = LinkForm(request.POST) if form.is_valid(): link = form.save(commit=False) link.user = request.user link.save() return HttpResponseRedirect(reverse('link_list')) else: form = LinkForm() return render_to_response( 'links/link_form.html', { 'form': form, }, context_instance=RequestContext(request) ) What I don't see is a way to get the user up into my field the way I have things set up. I originally didn't have a user FK on the Category model but decided I wanted it so that when adding new Links, the Categories can be filtered by user so each user sees only their categories. I'm stuck here. Any help is much appreciated. Thanks, Rob --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/django-users?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---