How do I pass a parent id as an fk to child object's ModelForm using generic class-based views in Django?
I am trying to use Django Generic Class-Based Views to build a CRUD interface to a two-model database. I have a working CRUD interface to the parent model, and am stuck trying to get the child Create working. For consistency with other Django examples, take the parent to be Author and the child to be Book. What is the simplest way to allow users to add Books to an Author? In HTML terms, I think that I want to make a link on the Author detail page that includes the ID of the Author, have that ID be pre-set on the Book form, and then have the Book form processing use that ID as the PK of the