Django Multiple Choice Field / Checkbox Select Multiple

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The profile choices need to be setup as a ManyToManyField for this to work correctly.

So… your model should be like this:

class Choices(models.Model):
  description = models.CharField(max_length=300)

class Profile(models.Model):
  user = models.ForeignKey(User, blank=True, unique=True, verbose_name="user")
  choices = models.ManyToManyField(Choices)

Then, sync the database and load up Choices with the various options you want available.

Now, the ModelForm will build itself…

class ProfileForm(forms.ModelForm):
  Meta:
    model = Profile
    exclude = ['user']

And finally, the view:

if request.method=='POST':
  form = ProfileForm(request.POST)
  if form.is_valid():
    profile = form.save(commit=False)
    profile.user = request.user
    profile.save()
else:
  form = ProfileForm()

return render_to_response(template_name, {"profile_form": form}, context_instance=RequestContext(request))

It should be mentioned that you could setup a profile in a couple different ways, including inheritance. That said, this should work for you as well.

Good luck.

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