On Apr 9, 2:55 am, codecowboy <[email protected]> wrote:
> I want to create a form that allows a user to edit his/her profile. I
> don't want to bind my form to a model because the form will involve
> two different models. Does anyone have any ideas. I've read chapter
> 7 in the Django Book but it only to a simple example that does not
> help me.
>
> Here is what I have tried.
>
> s = get_object_or_404(Scientist, pk=7)
> form = ScientistProfileForm(initial=s)
>
> I've also tried.
>
> form = ScientistProfileForm(s)
>
> I always get the following error message.
>
> Caught an exception while rendering: 'Scientist' object has no
> attribute 'get'
>
> Thanks in advance for any help. If I figure this out then I will post
> my solution in here in great detail for anyone else that needs it.
If it's not a ModelForm, you can't just pass in an instance. You'll
need a dictionary.
initial_dict = {
'name': s.name,
... etc ...
}
form = ScientistProfileForm(initial=initial_dict)
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