Passing Instance to Django formset

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How to pass a instance to the Django formset, The Scenario is like this. I have updated multiple rows by using a formset and, in a later stage i need to edit those values which i added earlier.(Editing)

q = PaymentLines.objects.filter(pay_lines=project)
formset = PayFormSet(prefix='payment', instance=q)

score 10 · Answer 1 · answered Jul 26 '12 at 09:24

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AuthorFormSet(queryset=Author.objects.all())

https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/dev/topics/forms/modelforms/#changing-the-queryset

answered Jul 26 '12 at 09:24

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What if we want to pass an unsaved instance to the formset? – Ben Davis Aug 23 '22 at 22:08

score 5 · Answer 2 · edited Dec 10 '13 at 16:16

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I have used it as follows the formset used is inlineformset_factory.

q = Projects.objects.get(pk=project)

formset = PayFormSet(prefix='payment',instance=q)

and then pass the formset to the template

edited Dec 10 '13 at 16:16

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answered Jul 26 '12 at 10:07

Ani Varghese

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Passing Instance to Django formset

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