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In a class-base UpdateView in Django, I exclude the user field as it is internal to the system and I won't ask for it. Now what is the proper Django way of passing the user into the form. (How I do it now, is I pass the user into the init of the form and then override the form's save() method. But I bet that there is a proper way of doing this. Something like a hidden field or things of that nature. # models.py class Entry(models.Model): user = models.ForeignKey( User, related_name="%(class)s", null=False ) name = models.CharField( blank=False, max_length=58, ) is_active = models.BooleanField(default=False) class Meta: ordering = ['name',] def __unicode__(self): return u'%s' % self.name # forms.py class EntryForm(forms.ModelForm): class Meta: model = Entry exclude = ('user',) # views.py class UpdateEntry(UpdateView): model = Entry form_class = EntryForm template_name = "entry/entry_update.html" success_url = reverse_lazy('entry_update') @method_decorator(login_required) def dispatch(self, *args, **kwargs): return super(UpdateEntry, self).dispatch(*args, **kwargs) # urls.py url(r'^entry/edit/(?P<pk>\d+)/$', UpdateEntry.as_view(), name='entry_update' ),

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