Save a Django ModelForm with default fields values in Model

Question

I have a model FooModel with 2 fields with a default value (default=xxx) and marked as blank (blank=True), I created a ModelForm(django.forms.ModelForm) using FooModel and now I want to save it after submission, so in my view I have the following code:

f = FooForm(request.POST)

if f.is_valid():
  f.save()

the problem is that in this way I get a violation exception from the database because the fields that are not rendered in the html form are not automatically inherited in the FooForm instance as I would expect... how can I include fields from the original model which should not be displayed to the user? (I don't want to render them as hidden fields!)

So far I tried 2 approaches, both failed...

Specify instance in the FooForm constructor (f = FooForm(request.POST, instance=FooModel()))
Create an instance of a FooModel and manually assign the auto-generated values to the form's data:
```
i = FooModel()

f.data.fieldA = i.fieldA

f.data.fieldB = i.fieldB
```

UPDATE:

by reading the django documentation more accurately, I solved in this way:

if f.is_valid():
  formModel = f.save(commit=False)
  foo = FooModel()
  formModel.fieldA = foo.fieldA
  formModel.fieldB = foo.fieldB
  formModel.save()

but, to be honest, I'm not satisfied... I would like to abstract out the addition of those fields... perhaps by using a custom decorator... something like:

f = MissingFieldsDecorator(FooForm(request.POST))
f.save()

Have you tired the approach specified here link

akotian
– akotian

2013-02-04 22:00:17 +00:00
Commented Feb 4, 2013 at 22:00 — akotian
– akotian, Commented Feb 4, 2013 at 22:00
could you please post your comment as an answer? :)

daveoncode
– daveoncode

2013-02-04 22:30:12 +00:00
Commented Feb 4, 2013 at 22:30 — daveoncode
– daveoncode, Commented Feb 4, 2013 at 22:30

akotian · Accepted Answer · 2013-02-04 22:44:15Z

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Also try the approach mentioned here https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/1.4/topics/forms/modelforms/#using-a-subset-of-fields-on-the-form

answered Feb 4, 2013 at 22:44

akotian

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danodonovan · Accepted Answer · 2013-02-04 22:00:04Z

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how can I include fields from the original model which should not be displayed to the user?

Answering this part of your question

class FooForm(ModelForm):
    class Meta:
        model = FooModel
        exclude = ('not_displayed_field',)

answered Feb 4, 2013 at 22:00

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mgPePe Over a year ago

This would exclude the field not, hide it != "include fields from the original model". Use widgets = { 'not_displayed_field': forms.HiddenInput() }

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