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Improved the docs even more.
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Model Formsets
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==============
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Similar to regular formsets there are a couple enhanced formset classes that
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provide all the right things to work with your models. Lets reuse the
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``Author`` model from above::
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Similar to :ref:`regular formsets <topics-forms-formsets>` there are a couple
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enhanced formset classes that provide all the right things to work with your
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models. Lets reuse the ``Author`` model from above::
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>>> from django.forms.models import modelformset_factory
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>>> AuthorFormSet = modelformset_factory(Author)
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This will create a formset that is capable of working with the data associated
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to the ``Author`` model. It works just like a regular formset::
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to the ``Author`` model. It works just like a regular formset just that we are
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working with ``ModelForm`` instances instead of ``Form`` instances::
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>>> formset = AuthorFormSet()
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>>> print formset
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>>> AuthorFormSet = modelformset_factory(Author, formset=BaseAuthorFormSet)
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Controlling which fields are used with ``fields`` and ``exclude``
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-----------------------------------------------------------------
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By default a model formset will use all fields in the model that are not marked
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with ``editable=False``. However, this can be overidden at the formset level::
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>>> AuthorFormSet = modelformset_factory(Author, fields=('name', 'title'))
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Using ``fields`` will restrict the formset to use just the given fields. Or if
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you need to go the other way::
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>>> AuthorFormSet = modelformset_factory(Author, exclude=('birth_date',))
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Using ``exclude`` will prevent the given fields from being used in the formset.
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.. _saving-objects-in-the-formset:
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Saving objects in the formset
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-----------------------------
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As you can see the view is not drastically different than how to use a formset
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in a view. The only difference is that we call ``formset.save()`` to save the
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data into the database. This was describe above in :ref:`ref-saving-objects-in-the-formset`.
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data into the database. This is described above in
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:ref:`saving-objects-in-the-formset`.
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Using ``inlineformset_factory``
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-------------------------------
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The ``inlineformset_factory`` is a helper to a common usage pattern of working
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with related objects through a foreign key. Suppose you have two models
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``Author`` and ``Book``. You want to create a formset that works with the
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books of a specific author. Here is how you could accomplish this::
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with related objects through a foreign key. It takes all the same options as
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a ``modelformset_factory``. Suppose you have these two models::
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class Author(models.Model):
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name = models.CharField(max_length=100)
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class Book(models.Model):
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author = models.ForeignKey(Author)
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title = models.CharField(max_length=100)
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If you want to create a formset that allows you to edit books belonging to
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some author you would do::
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>>> from django.forms.models import inlineformset_factory
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>>> BookFormSet = inlineformset_factory(Author, Book)
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>>> author = Author.objects.get(name=u'Orson Scott Card')
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>>> formset = BookFormSet(instance=author)
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More than one foriegn key to the same model
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~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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If your model contains more than one foreign key to the same model you will
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need to resolve the ambiguity manually using ``fk_name``. Given the following
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model::
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class Friendship(models.Model):
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from_friend = models.ForeignKey(Friend)
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to_friend = models.ForeignKey(Friend)
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length_in_months = models.IntegerField()
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To resolve this you can simply use ``fk_name`` to ``inlineformset_factory``::
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>>> FrienshipFormSet = inlineformset_factory(Friend, Friendship, fk_name="from_friend")
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