Hi, I agree excluding it from the form is the way to go and setting it in one of the save_* methods.
But, couldn't you also do _both_ of your methods :) Collin On Wednesday, December 10, 2014 3:38:48 AM UTC-5, Akshay Mukadam wrote: > > Hi, > I just want to show the current logged in user in for foreign key in > Django admin. Following are the approach used buy me: > > 1-> def formfield_for_foreignkey(self, db_field, request, **kwargs): > if db_field.name == "user": > "set the current user as a default value for drop down" > kwargs["initial"] = request.user.id > return super(ResponseAdmin, > self).formfield_for_foreignkey(db_field, request, **kwargs) > > 2->def formfield_for_foreignkey(self, db_field, request, **kwargs): > if db_field.name == "user": > "Filter the drop down as per standard procedure" > kwargs["queryset"] = User.objects.filter(username = > request.user.username) > return super(ResponseAdmin, > self).formfield_for_foreignkey(db_field, request, **kwargs) > > Problems for 1st approach is the current logged in user gets properly set > but it also shows the other users in the existing database. That is > actually wrong because the current user may select the other user name and > post the data in admin. > > Problem for second appraoch(For my Team Manager not me) the only logged in > user gets populated and user has to select his name. He is unagreed with > this scenario neither ok with the 1st solution(neither me). > > Is there any other way to solve this > -- 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 [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/django-users. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/django-users/7c29a036-1d18-4a59-93e2-bf844b2e807a%40googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
