The hack is awful Just have a detachable model that holds on first render the defaults then when a submit is done populate the object (another) that you want
On 07/07/2009, Martin Makundi <[email protected]> wrote: > The hack is cleaner > > 2009/7/7 James Carman <[email protected]>: >> On Tue, Jul 7, 2009 at 10:51 AM, Martin Makundi < >> [email protected]> wrote: >> >>> > Typically to prefill a form you have the backing model object have >>> > sensible defaults. i.e., a form that edits a person is given a >>> > person, and the person object has it's gender set to "male" as a >>> > default - that is reflected in your form when it is rendered. >>> >>> The problem is that it is not a NEW object. It is an old object with >>> "proposed new values" which the user must SUBMIT in order to be stored >>> into the object etc. >> >> >> So, create a new object and merge it upon success? >> > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] > For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected] > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected]
