form.save() fails - due to missing field?

Hi all,

I have a view where if request.method == 'POST', I need to call save. Basically, it's a registration form and the entity is a user (not the base Django user, but a custom model). An existing user refers another person, when they click the link they come to a registration page.

I have a problem where I try to call save:

            form = SubmitReferralForm(data=request.POST)
            if form.is_valid():
                try:
                    registered_user.referral_set.get(email_address=form.instance.email_address, status=1)
                    msg = 'This email address has already been referred. Try another?'
                except Referral.DoesNotExist:
                    form.instance.status = 1
                    referral = form.save()

The form looks as follows:

class SubmitReferralForm(forms.ModelForm):

    class Meta:
        model = Referral
        exclude = (
            'section', 'referrer', 'status', 'time_added',
        )

Now, the section referred to here is hideen in the form but I need to provide it before calling save. Problem is, the referred user's section is in one app, the referrer's section is in another - but they should both be the same. The exception is:

Exception Value:

(1048, "Column 'section_id' cannot be null")

... it is raised here ...

referral = form.save()

Any ideas on overcoming this behaviour?

Thanks!

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Regards,
Sithembewena Lloyd Dube

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