Great! That's exactly what I wanted! Thanks.
On 8/8/06, Ian Holsman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > another alternative you may want to consider is to piggybak ontop of the > generic view > > have a look > at > http://svn.zyons.python-hosting.com/trunk/zilbo/common/utils/views/create_update.py > for a example > which adds a 'change_user' and 'last_change' fields > > eg. > > if request.POST: > new_data = request.POST.copy() > now = datetime.datetime.today() > new_data['last_change_user_id'] = str(request.user.id) > new_data['last_change_user'] = new_data['last_change_user_id'] > new_data['last_change_date'] = now.strftime('%Y-%m-%d') > new_data['last_change_time'] = now.strftime('%H:%M:%S') > new_data['create_user_id'] = new_data['last_change_user_id'] > new_data['create_user'] = new_data['last_change_user_id'] > new_data['creation_date_date'] = now.strftime('%Y-%m-%d') > new_data['creation_date_time'] = now.strftime('%H:%M:%S') > request._post = new_data > > return create_object(request, > model, > template_name, > template_loader, extra_context, > post_save_redirect, login_required, follow) > > so in your case I would handle the 'tag' field here, and split it into > multiple fields which the normal changemanipulator can handle. > and it uses all the goodness of the generic update, without me having to > duplicate the code. > > regards > Ian > > > On 08/08/2006, at 2:45 AM, jeffmikels wrote: > > > Thanks for your help. I ended up creating a view to do the work. If the > data is simple enough and just plain text, is there a compelling reason > to use AddManipulator or other manipulators instead of just > object.save()? > > > > > -- > Ian Holsman > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://peopleintopoker.com/ -- where the poker people go > > > > > > > -- Jeff Mikels leading people one step closer to Jesus http://jeff.mikels.cc http://thesouthsidechurch.org --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Django users" group. To post to this group, send email to django-users@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/django-users -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
