Re: accessing pk of an existing object in ModelForm

On Nov 23, 2:57 pm, hg7581 <gregor.kl...@dvz.fh-giessen.de> wrote:
> Hello there,
> For doing some sanity checks, I need the primary key (pk) of an
> (already existing) object in a ModelForm.
>
> What works for me in the meantime, ist the following (admin interface):
>
> class NF(ModelForm):
> def __init__(self,*args,**kwargs):
>     self._args = args
>     self._kwargs = kwargs
>     super(NF,self).__init__(*args,**kwargs)
>
> class NA(ModelAdmin):
>     form = NF
>
> and deeper in the underground in a method
> I use the following for the checks.
> self._kwargs.has_key('instance'):
>     pk = self._kwargs['instance'].pk
>
> Now the question. Is there a more canonical form of accessing
> this data ?
>
> thanks
> gregor

Why not just use self.instance?
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