Django project: For Create and Update, I used Class Based View method. In there, I have form (parent) and formset (of child). Both ParentForm and ChildFormset are in the same page. Create functionality is working perfectly.
Problem: Update functionality is not saving changes because of already existing formset. It only refreshes the current page. How to fix it?
class ParentInline():
form_class = ParentForm
model = Parent
template_name = "parent_create_or_update.html"
def form_valid(self, form):
named_formsets = self.get_named_formsets()
if not all((x.is_valid() for x in named_formsets.values())):
return self.render_to_response(self.get_context_data(form=form))
self.object = form.save()
# for every formset, attempt to find a specific formset save function
# otherwise, just save.
for name, formset in named_formsets.items():
formset_save_func = getattr(self, 'formset_{0}_valid'.format(name), None)
if formset_save_func is not None:
formset_save_func(formset)
else:
formset.save()
return redirect('/parent_list')
def formset_childs_valid(self, formset):
"""
Hook for custom formset saving.Useful if you have multiple formsets
"""
childs = formset.save(commit=False) # self.save_formset(formset, contact)
for child in childs:
child.parent_Id = self.object
child.save()
class ParentCreate(ParentInline, CreateView):
def get_context_data(self, **kwargs):
ctx = super(ParentCreate, self).get_context_data(**kwargs)
ctx['named_formsets'] = self.get_named_formsets()
return ctx
def get_named_formsets(self):
if self.request.method == "GET":
return {
'childs': ChildFormSet(prefix='childs'),
}
else:
return {
'childs': ChildFormSet(self.request.POST or None, self.request.FILES or None,
prefix='childs'),
}
class ParentUpdate(ParentInline, UpdateView):
def get_context_data(self, **kwargs):
ctx = super(ParentUpdate, self).get_context_data(**kwargs)
ctx['named_formsets'] = self.get_named_formsets()
return ctx
def get_named_formsets(self):
return {
'childs': ChildFormSet(self.request.POST or None, self.request.FILES or None,
instance=self.object, prefix='childs')
}