Question

Following works fine in shell:

>>> from django.contrib.auth.models import User
>>> user=User.objects.get(pk=1)
>>> user.first_name = u'Some'
>>> user.last_name = u'Name'
>>> user.save()
>>> user.first_name
u'Some'
>>> user.last_name
u'Name'

Then I try to do the same with forms:

# forms.py
class UserForm(forms.ModelForm):
    class Meta:
        model = User
        fields = ['first_name', 'last_name']


# views.py
def edit_names(request, template_name="registration/edit_names.html"):
    if request.method == "POST":
        form = UserForm(data=request.POST)
        if form.is_valid():
            user = form.save(commit=False)
            user.save()
            url = urlresolvers.reverse('my_account')
            return HttpResponseRedirect(url)
    else:
        form = UserForm(instance=request.user)
    page_title = _('Edit user names')
    return render_to_response(template_name, locals(),
        context_instance=RequestContext(request))

# edit_names.html
<form action="." method="post">{% csrf_token %}
    <table>
        {{ form.as_table }}
        <tr><td colspan="2">
            <input type="submit" />
        </td></tr>
    </table>
</form>

I open page in browser and see two fields First name and Last name. When I fill in the fields and submit the form I get the error:

 Exception Type:    IntegrityError
Exception Value:    column username is not unique

I also tried to add ['username'] to fields list in UserForm. If I submit the form with my username (as request.user), the form displays errormessage:

User with this Username already exists.

If I change the username to some unique name, the new user with that username is being created.

The question is:
How can I update User object, not create new one?

Sorry for being so verbose, but I had hard search here and could not find the answer to my question.

BTW, these cases don’t work for me:

• Extending UserCreationForm to include email, first name, and last name
• add field first_name and last_name in django-profile
• How to create a UserProfile form in Django with first_name, last_name modifications?

EDIT:

As suggested @fceruti I just added on request.method == ‘post’ branch this:

form = UserForm(data=request.POST, instance=request.user)

Answer 1

Just add on request.method == ‘post’ branch this:

form = UserForm(data=request.POST, instance=request.user)