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PODjango - Adding initial value to a formset
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    copied!<p>I have a many-to-many relationship between two classes (Lesson and Student), with an intermediary class (Evaluation).</p> <p>I am trying to set up a form which will allow me to add a lesson with students and the related evaluation data. I can get all of the fields I want to display correctly, however I also need to set an initial value behind the scenes (the current user), as it does not make sense to have it in the form.</p> <p>I have tried following the docs but I think I have a syntax error in the way I am passing the data to the formset.</p> <p>The error I receive is as follows:</p> <pre><code>__init__() got an unexpected keyword argument 'initial' </code></pre> <p>My actual view (with my attempt at adding the initial data removed) looks like this:</p> <pre><code>def addlesson(request): LessonFormset = inlineformset_factory(Lesson, Evaluation, exclude=('user',), max_num=5) if request.method == 'POST': lesson = Lesson(user=request.user) form = LessonForm(request.POST, instance=lesson, user = request.user) formset = LessonFormset(request.POST, instance = lesson) if form.is_valid() and formset.is_valid(): form.save() formset.save() return HttpResponseRedirect("/") else: form = LessonForm(user = request.user) formset = LessonFormset() return render_to_response("addlesson.html", { 'form': form, 'formset' : formset, }, context_instance=RequestContext(request)) </code></pre> <p>Could anyone show me to correct syntax to use to set the current user in the formset? This is what I had before but it was giving me the error at the start of my post:</p> <pre><code>initial={'user': request.user}, </code></pre> <p>Any advice appreciated</p> <p>Thanks</p>
 

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