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When using UpdateView you have access to self.object, which is the object being updated.
Example myapp/views.py:
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 | from django.views.generic.edit import UpdateViewfrom myapp.models import Authorclass AuthorUpdate(UpdateView): model = Author fields = ['name'] template_name_suffix = '_update_form' |
Example myapp/author_update_form.html:
1 2 3 4 | <form action="" method="post">{% csrf_token %} {{ form.as_p }} <input type="submit" value="Update" /></form> |
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