Question

I’m looking for a simple modelformset example – I have a model

class Category(BaseModel):

    categoryText = db.StringProperty()
    parentCat = db.IntegerProperty()

I am trying to create a formset to display all available Categories wihle they all could be edited and then submit the edits.

I am getting stuck where I get error that the fields are not editable. According to the documentation I should set Category field editable=True – however there is no information about where I do that. I’ve tried to set it in the model but I get errors. and in the Form, I don’t declare fields since it’s a modelform !

when I try to display this formset I get :
‘StringProperty’ object has no attribute ‘editable’

I would appreciate any help – a basic example of the view and the model, form classes would really help.

Answer 1

I figured it out –
I was using appengine helper as a patch to get django working – this patch does not support model formsets. Must use GAE version of forms which is not as rich as Django.

For this reason I switched from appengine helper to non-rel – although I had some issues during install, this version of the patch is complete.
Django now works as described in documentation.

non-rel seems to be a better choice if you are new and trying to learn Django from the available docs.