Using two models in one form in django 1.5

Question

How can I use two models with OneToOne relation in one form using the CreateView in Django 1.5?

My models are these:

class Act(models.Model):
    name = models.CharField()

class DetailAct(models.Model):
    detail = models.CharField()
    act = models.OneToOneField(Act)

My forms

class ActForm(forms.ModelForm):
    name = forms.CharField(widget=forms.TextInput())

    class Meta:
        model = models.Act

class DetailActForm(forms.ModelForm):
    detail = forms.CharField(widget=forms.TextInput())

    class Meta:
        model = models.DetailAct

Thank you

Answer 1

You can use two Form objects in one <form> tag without problems. Just make sure that you pass prefix="form-1" to one of the forms (or both - as long as the prefixes are different) in your view. See this answer for an example.

Nope, you can't use built-in class based views for this. Or, at least, not on the high-level you'd expect. You can make your own view class or mixin that will work with two forms, but AFAIK Django doesn't provide one.