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copied!<p>Really, your only problem is that you've used a standard <code>Form</code> instead of a <code>ModelForm</code>. <code>Form</code> doesn't have a <code>save</code> method because it's not inherently tied to anything (i.e. it doesn't know what to save or where to save to).</p> <p>However, if you use a <code>ModelForm</code> you need to take care of all logic involved in creating a new studio in the form. This is actually better, though, because then you can just use the form and not worry about anything else: the form holds all the logic needed to properly save itself.</p> <pre><code>class FilmForm(forms.ModelForm): class Meta: model = Film # only need to define `new_studio`, other fields come automatically from model new_studio = forms.CharField(max_length=30, required=False, label = "New Studio Name") def __init__(self, *args, **kwargs): super(FilmForm, self).__init__(*args, **kwargs) # make `studio` not required, we'll check for one of `studio` or `new_studio` in the `clean` method self.fields['studio'].required = False def clean(self): studio = self.cleaned_data.get('studio') new_studio = self.cleaned_data.get('new_studio') if not studio and not new_studio: # neither was specified so raise an error to user raise forms.ValidationError('Must specify either Studio or New Studio!') elif not studio: # get/create `Studio` from `new_studio` and use it for `studio` field studio, created = Studio.objects.get_or_create(name=new_studio) self.cleaned_data['studio'] = studio return super(FilmForm, self).clean() </code></pre> <p>Then, in your view, all you need is:</p> <pre><code>if form.is_valid(): form.save() </code></pre>

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