Opened 15 years ago

Closed 15 years ago

Last modified 15 years ago

#13141 closed (worksforme)

ModelForm can't update model like the way it is documented

Reported by: CNBorn Owned by: nobody
Component: Uncategorized Version: 1.2-beta
Severity: Keywords: modelform instance
Cc: Triage Stage: Unreviewed
Has patch: no Needs documentation: no
Needs tests: no Patch needs improvement: no
Easy pickings: no UI/UX: no

Description

I want to update a model from a modelform,

In a view that handling the POST request, the code is like the following:

     #If we  already have the object , 'once_set' will be True, this_mapping will be this object

     if request.method == 'POST':
         if once_set == False:
             f = MAPPING_MODEL_Form(request.POST)
             if f.is_valid() == True:
                 f.save()
                 save_success = True
             else:
                 print f.errors
                 save_success = False
         else:   
             f = MAPPING_MODEL_Form(request.POST, instance=this_mapping) 
             if f.is_valid():
                 f.save()
                 save_success = True
             else:
                 print f.errors
                 save_success = False

It goes well, but when I want to updated a existing model, instead of updating, it always creates a new model with all the new values from request.POST.

I am using Django 1.2 Beta1, I tried with Django 1.1's method (without instance;this_mapping=f.save()) but it didn't work out either.

Therefore I had to turn to this hack:

this_mapping.update(name=f.cleaned_data['name'], mail=f.cleaned_data['mail'], mobile=f.cleaned_data['mobile'])

Absolutly confirmed with the logic, object do exists and it do creates a new one instead of updating it.

Change History (2)

comment:1 by Russell Keith-Magee, 15 years ago

Has patch: unset
Resolution: worksforme
Status: newclosed

If don't know what's going on here. ModelForm saving is a fairly fundamental part of Django's infrastructure, and it's extensively tested. You haven't provided the logic for your MAPPING_MODEL_Form, or the context in which this code is being invoked, so I can only assume that the problem exists somewhere in your own code.

Also - the usage of ModelForms hasn't changed between 1.1 and 1.2. instance was a valid argument to Django 1.1 modelforms.

comment:2 by Russell Keith-Magee, 15 years ago

I should add - if you need any help debugging the problem, please ask on django-users.

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