Question

• I have a Client and Groupe Model.
• A Client can be part of multiple groups.
• Clients that are part of a group can use its group’s free rental rate at anytime but only once. That is where the intermediary model (ClientGroupe) comes in with that extra data.

For now, when I try to save the m2m data, it just dies and says I should use the ClientGroupe Manager…so what’s missing?

Here are my models:

class Groupe(models.Model):
    nom = models.CharField(max_length=1500, blank=True)

class Client(models.Model):
    nom = models.CharField(max_length=450, blank=True)
    prenom = models.CharField(max_length=450, blank=True)
    groupes = models.ManyToManyField(Groupe, null = True, blank = True, through='ClientGroupe')

class ClientGroupe(models.Model):
    client = models.ForeignKey(Client)
    groupe = models.ForeignKey(Groupe)
    dt = models.DateField(null=True, blank=True) # the date the client is using its group's free rental rate    

    class Meta:
        db_table = u'clients_groupes'

and here’s my view:

def modifier(request, id):
    client = Client.objects.get(id=id)    
    form = ClientForm(instance = client)

    dict = {
        "form": form
        , "instance" : client
    }

    if request.method == "POST":
        form = ClientForm(request.POST, instance = client)

        if form.is_valid():
            client_mod = form.save()

            id = client_mod.id
            return HttpResponseRedirect(
                "/client/%(id)s/?err=success" % {"id" : id}
            )
        else:
            return HttpResponseRedirect(
                "/client/%(id)s/?err=warning" % {"id" : id}
            )

    return render_to_response(
        "client/modifier.html"
        , dict
        , context_instance=RequestContext(request)
    )

EDIT:

and here’s the ClientForm code:

class ClientForm(ModelForm):
    class Meta:
        model = Client

EDIT #2:
here’s the error message:

AttributeError at /client/445/

Cannot set values on a ManyToManyField which specifies an intermediary model. Use ClientGroupe's Manager instead.

Request Method:     POST
Request URL:    http://localhost/client/445/
Exception Type:     AttributeError
Exception Value:    Cannot set values on a ManyToManyField which specifies an intermediary model.  Use ClientGroupe's Manager instead.

Exception Location:     C:\Python25\lib\site-packages\django\db\models\fields\related.py  in __set__, line 574
Python Executable:  C:\xampp\apache\bin\apache.exe
Python Version:     2.5.2

Answer 1

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if form.is_valid():
    client_mod = form.save(commit=False)
    client_mod.save()
    for groupe in form.cleaned_data.get('groupes'):
        clientgroupe = ClientGroupe(client=client_mod, groupe=groupe)
        clientgroupe.save()
    …