Re: Initial data for ManyToMany field

Look into formsets. It's what the admin inlines use.

On Tue, Sep 6, 2011 at 5:40 PM, Nan <ringemup@gmail.com> wrote:

Because SymptomeForm is a ModelForm, it will initialize its "parent"
field as a ModelMultipleChoiceField, which I believe must be
initialized with a queryset instead of a list.

On Sep 6, 4:30 pm, Thomas49 <evinrude_overcr...@hotmail.com> wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I have two models, and the second contains a ManyToMany relationship:
>
> class TypeMedical(models.Model):
>    ...
>
> class Symptome(TypeMedical):
>     ...
>     parent =
> models.ManyToManyField(TypeMedical,related_name='Parent',blank=True)
>     ...
>
> Then, I use a ModelForm in order to save data.
>
> class SymptomeForm(ModelForm):
>     class Meta:
>         model = Symptome
>
> When I create a form, sometimes I want to select a field in "parent".
> How can I do that? I tried many things but nothing works. Ex:
> sform = SymptomeForm(initial={'parent':["Acupuncture",]})
>
> I hope someone can help! Thanks,
>
> Thomas.

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