Retrieving value from a form in a template

Question

I am attempting to obtain a value which is present in a form that is passed to my template. This is what my view does

return render(request, 'manageStudent.html',
                  {'form': StudentDetails(
                      initial={
                          'school_name': rslt[0][1],
                          'student_user_name': rslt[0][3],
                      }
                  ),}

I am attempting to read the username using the following way in my template

 This is the data    {{ form.fields.student_user_name.initial}}

However i simply get None in response. I tried the suggestions here but none seem to work in my case. Any suggestions ?

Don't get it from the form, pass it as a separate parameter to the content. — Shang Wang, Jun 06 '16 at 20:19
I could always do that and that was my last resort. I am curious as to why something so crucial is not easily available ? — James Franco, Jun 06 '16 at 20:27
Well, because clearly the developers and users of Django don't think that is crucial. I've certainly never needed it. — Daniel Roseman, Jun 06 '16 at 20:33
I don't think it's a feature that's necessary. Forms are meant to hide the complexity for handling data, so manually extracting data from form is pointless. — Shang Wang, Jun 06 '16 at 20:34

score 2 · Accepted Answer · answered Jun 06 '16 at 20:39

2

Try

{{ form.initial.student_user_name }}

That works for me in django 1.7 when I initialize my form using

StudentDetails(instance=student_details_obj)

answered Jun 06 '16 at 20:39

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