Django Createview default value for a foreign key field

Question

I have two classes(tables) schools and students that are related together(foreignkey) When I create a new student I want it to autofill the school field (which is a foreignk

Answer 1

If you want to give a default value for your FK field go with default attribute. Django already gives the option to add a default value to your field.

DEFAULT_SCHOOL_ID = 1
class Student(models.Model):
   ...
   school=models.ForeignKey(School, default=DEFAULT_SCHOOL_ID)

You are an overriding get_initial method its used for Returns the initial data to use for forms on this view not actually adding a default value to your field