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copied!<p>I have a form that edits an instance of my model. I would like to use the form to pass all the values as hidden with an inital values of <code>username</code> defaulting to the logged in user so that it becomes a <code>subscribe</code> form. The problem is that the normal <code>initial={'field':value}</code> doesn't seem to work for manytomany fields. how do i go about it? </p> <p>my views.py</p> <pre><code>@login_required def event_view(request,eventID): user = UserProfile.objects.get(pk=request.session['_auth_user_id']) event = events.objects.get(eventID = eventID) if request.method == 'POST': form = eventsSusbcribeForm( request.POST,instance=event) if form.is_valid(): form.save() return HttpResponseRedirect('/events/') else: form = eventsSusbcribeForm(instance=event) return render_to_response('event_view.html', {'user':user,'event':event, 'form':form},context_instance = RequestContext( request )) </code></pre> <p>my forms.py</p> <pre><code>class eventsSusbcribeForm(forms.ModelForm): eventposter = forms.ModelChoiceField(queryset=UserProfile.objects.all(), widget=forms.HiddenInput()) details = forms.CharField(widget=forms.Textarea(attrs={'cols':'50', 'rows':'5'}),label='Enter Event Description here') date = forms.DateField(widget=SelectDateWidget()) class Meta: model = events exclude = ('deleted') def __init__(self, *args, **kwargs): super(eventsSusbcribeForm, self).__init__(*args, **kwargs) self.fields['username'].initial = (user.id for user in UserProfile.objects.filter()) </code></pre> <p>my models.py </p> <pre><code>class events(models.Model): eventName = models.CharField(max_length=100) eventID = models.AutoField(primary_key=True) details = models.TextField() attendanceFee = models.FloatField(max_length=99) date = models.DateField() username = models.ManyToManyField(UserProfile, related_name='user', blank=True) eventposter = models.ForeignKey(UserProfile, related_name='event_poster') deleted = models.BooleanField() def __unicode__(self): return u'%s' % (self.eventName) </code></pre>

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