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diff --git a/docs/modelforms.txt b/docs/modelforms.txt index 853fb3159e..a6babb1fe1 100644 --- a/docs/modelforms.txt +++ b/docs/modelforms.txt @@ -226,7 +226,7 @@ For example:: # Create a form instance with POST data. >>> a = Author() - >>> f = AuthorForm(a, request.POST) + >>> f = AuthorForm(request.POST, instance=a) # Create and save the new author instance. There's no need to do anything else. >>> new_author = f.save() @@ -238,34 +238,34 @@ In some cases, you may not want all the model fields to appear on the generated form. There are three ways of telling ``ModelForm`` to use only a subset of the model fields: - 1. Set ``editable=False`` on the model field. As a result, *any* form - created from the model via ``ModelForm`` will not include that - field. +1. Set ``editable=False`` on the model field. As a result, *any* form + created from the model via ``ModelForm`` will not include that + field. - 2. Use the ``fields`` attribute of the ``ModelForm``'s inner ``Meta`` class. - This attribute, if given, should be a list of field names to include in - the form. +2. Use the ``fields`` attribute of the ``ModelForm``'s inner ``Meta`` + class. This attribute, if given, should be a list of field names + to include in the form. - 3. Use the ``exclude`` attribute of the ``ModelForm``'s inner ``Meta`` class. - This attribute, if given, should be a list of field names to exclude - the form. +3. Use the ``exclude`` attribute of the ``ModelForm``'s inner ``Meta`` + class. This attribute, if given, should be a list of field names + to exclude the form. - For example, if you want a form for the ``Author`` model (defined above) - that includes only the ``name`` and ``title`` fields, you would specify - ``fields`` or ``exclude`` like this:: +For example, if you want a form for the ``Author`` model (defined +above) that includes only the ``name`` and ``title`` fields, you would +specify ``fields`` or ``exclude`` like this:: - class PartialAuthorForm(ModelForm): - class Meta: - model = Author - fields = ('name', 'title') - - class PartialAuthorForm(ModelForm): - class Meta: - model = Author - exclude = ('birth_date',) + class PartialAuthorForm(ModelForm): + class Meta: + model = Author + fields = ('name', 'title') + + class PartialAuthorForm(ModelForm): + class Meta: + model = Author + exclude = ('birth_date',) - Since the Author model has only 3 fields, 'name', 'title', and - 'birth_date', the forms above will contain exactly the same fields. +Since the Author model has only 3 fields, 'name', 'title', and +'birth_date', the forms above will contain exactly the same fields. .. note:: |