Question

I have created a ModelForm class to be able to create and edit database entries. Creating new entries works well, however, i dont know how to use ModelForms to edit/update an existing entry. I can instantiate a ModelForm with a database instance using:

form  = MyModelForm(instance=MyModel.objects.get(pk=some_id))

However, when i pass this to a template and edit a field and then try to save it, i create a new database entry instead of updating “some_id”?

Edit1:
This is my view

def editData(request):
if request.method == 'POST':
    form = MyModelForm(request.POST, request.FILES)

    if form.is_valid():
        editedEntry = form.save() # <-- creates new entry, instead of updating

Answer 1

Remember you still need to use the instance parameter when you instantiate on POST.

instance = MyModel.objects.get(whatever)
if request.method == "POST":
    form = MyModelForm(request.POST, instance=instance)
    ...

else:
    form = MyModelForm(instance=instance)