Though I originally asked for a "detailed solution", even some suggestions as to what I should be googling would be helpful at this point. I know I'm not the only one to have tried to do this, so I can't imagine someone doesn't have an answer somewhere.
On May 26, 12:43 am, King <sirhc...@gmail.com> wrote: > I want to do something like > this...http://groups.google.com/group/django-users/browse_thread/thread/db03... > ...but unfortunately there was no reply to this particular posting. > I've found other posts on the web of people looking for the same sort > of solution, and have not been able to find any helpful answers, so I > was hoping someone here could clear this up. > > For example, let's say I had an app that kept a list of books for each > user like this: > > class BookList(models.Model): > user = models.ForeignKey(User) > book = models.ForeignKey(Book) > > class Book(models.Model): > author = models.ForeignKey(Author) > name = models.CharField(max_length=300) > > class Author(models.Model): > name = models.CharField(max_length=300) > > I had thought that to generate a bunch of forms for BookList (so that > the current user could for example, enter in all of the books that > they've read on a single page), I would use an inlineformset like so: > > BookListFormSet = inlineformset_factory(User, BookList) > booklist_formset = BookListFormSet(instance=currentUser) > > However, the resulting formset I get results in a dropdown menu for > each book field in the forms, but I don't want that. I want two > TextInput widgets in the form such that the user can type out: > Alice in Wonderland > Lewis Carroll > and if some other user has already added "Alice in Wonderland" to > their book list, then BookList.book will just point to that book. BUT > if this is the first user to add "Alice in Wonderland" to their book > list, I want the form to create a brand new row in the Book table (and > a brand new row in Author if there is no "Lewis Carroll" books yet > either). > > I'm new to Django, so maybe the solution is obvious to many. But like > I said, I'm finding lots of people asking this question, but without > any good answers posted. > > If someone could please provide a detailed solution I would very much > appreciate it, and I imagine others would as well. > > Thanks in advance. If any part of what I'm asking isn't clear, don't > hesitate to ask me about it. -- 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 django-users+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/django-users?hl=en.
