How can i update django foreignkey?

Question

I have a model OrderItem and it has a foreignkey order. I also have a function that creates an OrderItem like so,

OrderItem.objects.create(shopping_id=_shopping_id(request),
                                          quantity=quantity,
                                          item=i,
                                          created_by=anon_user,
                                          modified_by=anon_user)

As you can see i have not included order because i have failed to understand how i can be able to do it. i get the error order_items.order_id may not be NULL

here is my model OrderItem

class OrderItem(SmartModel):
    shopping_id = models.CharField(max_length=50,db_index=True)
    quantity = models.IntegerField(default=0)
    item = models.ForeignKey(Item)
    order = models.ForeignKey(Order)

Any kind of help is appreciated.

Answer 1

Why is adding order any different from adding item? They're both ForeignKeys, and in both cases you simply pass the relevant object as the keyword argument.