I do realize that I need the number of elements so that I can loop over that
many times...
On Sun, Jul 3, 2011 at 4:30 PM, AJ <brandmys...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi Shawn,
>
> Thanks for your reply. To begin with, I am trying this with a small test
> app.
>
> I have this so far. I tried with two textarea elements on a page and tried
> to save them but I cannot figure out how to save two elements. Each element
> list corresponds to one model instance or table row for Text model. So, I
> need to have two save() in the view, correct?
>
> *Model*:
>
>
> class Text (models.Model):
> name = models.CharField(max_length=1000)
> text = models.TextField()
> created_datetime = models.DateTimeField(auto_now_add=True,
> editable=False)
> modified_datetime = models.DateTimeField(auto_now=True, editable=False)
> active = models.BooleanField(default=True)
>
> def __unicode__(self):
> return self.name
>
> class TextForm (ModelForm):
> class Meta:
> model = Text
> exclude = ('active','created_datetime', 'modified_datetime', )
>
>
> *View:*
>
> def home(request):
> user = request.user
> if request.method == 'POST':
> #Indvidual form value is accessible.
> return HttpResponse(request.REQUEST['id_name_1'])
>
> #I realized this is the usual model way which I cannot use
> """
> text_form = TextForm(request.POST)
> if text_form.is_valid():
> text_form.save()
> return render_to_response('home.html', {'user':user,})
> else:
> return HttpResponse("text for not valid")
> """
> else:
> text_form = TextForm()
> return render_to_response('home.html', {'text_form':text_form,})
>
>
> *Form*:
>
> <form method="post" id="text_form" action=".">
> {% csrf_token %}
> <div class="form">
> <div class="form_added">
> <!-- element set 1 -->
> <fieldset id="fieldset1">
> <p>
> <label for="id_name_1">Name:</label>
> <input id="id_name_1" type="text" name="id_name_1"
> maxlength="1000">
> </p>
> <p>
> <label for="id_text_1">Text:</label>
> <textarea id="id_text_1" rows="10" cols="40"
> name="id_text_1"></textarea>
> </p>
> <p>
> <label for="id_active_1">Active:</label>
> <input checked="checked" type="checkbox"
> name="id_active_1" id="id_active_1">
> </p>
> </fieldset>
> </div>
>
> <div class="form_added">
> <!-- element set 2 -->
> <fieldset id="fieldset2">
> <p>
> <label for="id_name_2">Name:</label>
> <input id="id_name_2" type="text" name="id_name_2"
> maxlength="1000">
> </p>
> <p>
> <label for="id_text_2">Text:</label>
> <textarea id="id_text_2" rows="10" cols="40"
> name="id_text_2"></textarea>
> </p>
> <p>
> <label for="id_active_2">Active:</label>
> <input checked="checked" type="checkbox"
> name="id_active_2" id="id_active_2">
> </p>
> </fieldset>
> </div>
>
> </div>
> <p><input type="submit" value="Save folio"
> id="text_form_submit"/></p>
> </form>
>
>
>
> On Sun, Jul 3, 2011 at 1:40 PM, Shawn Milochik <sh...@milochik.com> wrote:
>
>> As long as, when you instantiate your Django forms.Form instance when the
>> HTML form is posted, you create the fields passed in the form data and
>> instantiate the fields to match you should be fine.
>>
>> Just go ahead and do it, and if you run into any snags post to the forum.
>>
>> Shawn
>>
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