filtered ModelChoiceField queries

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class MyModelForm(forms.ModelForm):
    def __init__(self, *args, **kwargs):
        super(MyModelForm, self).__init__(*args, **kwargs)
        if self.instance:
            self.fields['myfield'].queryset = \
                MyOtherModel.objects.filter(
                    Q(active=True)|Q(pk=self.instance.myfield_id))

    class Meta:
        model = MyModel

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Comments

aaronfay (on March 4, 2008):

Thanks for this Rob, I was just trying to figure this out today...

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mihasya (on September 19, 2010):

Much cleaner than the hack I was using for this. Thanks!

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