I'm using exclude
in my form's Meta class to exclude a field from my form that I want to fill in programatically, but it's still showing up in the form.
Here are some excerpts from the code:
# Model
class Info(models.Model):
completed_by = models.ForeignKey(User, related_name='+')
# Form
class InfoForm(forms.ModelForm):
class Meta:
model = Info
exclude = ('created_by',) #ETA: added comma to make this a tuple
widgets = {
'some_other_field': forms.HiddenInput(),
'some_other_field2': forms.DateInput(attrs={'readonly': True}),
}
# View
form = InfoForm(initial={'some_other_field': value},
prefix='info', instance=info)
return direct_to_template(request, 'myapp/info.html', locals())
# Template
<form class='uniForm' method='POST'>
{% csrf_token %}
<fieldset class='inlineLabels'>{{ form|as_uni_form }}</fieldset>
<input type='submit' name='action' value='Save' />
</form>
This seems like it should be pretty simple, and I know I've done it successfully before. I've deleted/recreated my DB and cleared my browser cache, just to be sure that's not a factor. I also tried making it a HiddenInput
field, just like some_other_field
(which is a ForeignKey
field also), but it still shows up on the form.
Is there something here I'm missing? Is uni_form overriding the setting somehow? If not, any advice as to what I might look for in debug to see where/why this is happening?
(Using Django version 1.2.7)
exclude needs a tuple, so you need
# note the extra comma
exclude = ['created_by',]
django iterates through the exclude
, and since strings are iterable (return each character) this doesn't throw an error