Question

I have a form with an initial value, but I can’t get the initial value to show.

def addaward(request):  
  if request.method == "POST":
      form = AwardForm(request.POST) 
      form.save()    


  else: 
    form = AwardForm(initial={'title': 'hi!'})
  return render_to_response('award.html',{'form': AwardForm}, context_instance = RequestContext(request))

What is really strange is when I delete the line with

  form = AwardForm(initial={'title': 'hi!'})

the form still shows with no error messages.

Forms.py

from django import forms
from django.forms import ModelForm
from students.models import Student

class AwardForm(ModelForm):
   class Meta:
        model = Award

Models.py

class Award(models.Model)
   date = models.DateTimeField(auto_now_add = True, editable = True)
   student = models.ForeignKey('Student')
   type = models.CharField('Category', max_length = 30)
   title = models.CharField('Title of Award', max_length = 30)
   description = models.TextField('Description')

Any ideas would be great. Thank you!

Answer 1

this:

{'form': AwardForm}

should be:

{'form': form }