forms with foreign keys

Date: March 20th 2016
Last updated: March 20th 2016

Adding foreign keys to a form was easier than I originally thought. In this example I only update forms.py used in the example basic form.

forms.py

from django import forms
from surferprofile.models import Surfer, Board, Wave, Trick, Fin, Beach

class SurferForm(forms.ModelForm):

    boards = forms.ModelMultipleChoiceField(
            queryset=Board.objects.all())

    homebeach = forms.ModelMultipleChoiceField(
            queryset=Beach.objects.all())
    fins = forms.ModelMultipleChoiceField(
            queryset=Fin.objects.all())
    tricks = forms.ModelMultipleChoiceField(
            queryset=Trick.objects.all())
    favwave = forms.ModelMultipleChoiceField(
            queryset=Wave.objects.all())

    class Meta:
        model = Surfer
        fields = ['firstname','lastname',
                    'height', 'weight',
                    'DOB','hometown',
                    'homebeach','favwave',
                    'boards','fins','tricks']

127.0.0.1:8080/1/update/
Note the order set by fields.