Ah that makes sense a little, so just for html. But to clarify it seems
like the forms.fileField can be used in a model in place of
models.filefield, as in the code below. I have gotten
models.FileField(uploadTo = /somedir) to work just fine in development. Is
there some advantage to the formsHandleUpload example below?:
>
> def handle_uploaded_file(f):
> destination = open('some/file/name.txt', 'wb+')
> for chunk in f.chunks():
> destination.write(chunk)
> destination.close()
Thanks Ivo
On Wed, Nov 9, 2011 at 4:45 PM, Ivo Brodien <i...@brodien.de> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> well they are different things.
>
> models.FileField is used to define a field of a model (usually to store in
> a DB, metadata in this case)
>
> The forms.FileField defines a field in a HTML form which can receive File
> uploads and then can be used to do sth on the server.
>
> I think you will get the concept when you take a look at ModelForms. These
> are forms which are tied to a model and can even be automatically be
> generated as in the admin app. If you have a model with a FileField this
> ModelForm will have a forms.FileField for the FileField.
>
> in a few words:
> A models.FileField knows about database options, a forms.FileField knows
> about HTML and how it has to be rendered via its widget.
>
> Bye
> Ivo
>
> On Nov 8, 2011, at 3:16, Eli_West <e...@trakdrop.com> wrote:
>
> > Hello,
> >
> > When creating a working with the models and views to upload files what
> > is the difference between models.FileField and forms.FileField? Just a
> > practical usage explanation would be good at this point.
> >
> > i can't find any comparison of the two but django directions and
> > examplesh use one or the other. I've gotten forms that use
> > models.FileField calls to work but the forms.FileField seems to act
> > up. For example this general django directions use the
> > form.fileField:
> >
> > from django import forms
> >
> > class UploadFileForm(forms.Form):
> > title = forms.CharField(max_length=50)
> > file = forms.FileField()
> >
> > def upload_file(request):
> > if request.method == 'POST':
> > form = UploadFileForm(request.POST, request.FILES)
> > if form.is_valid():
> > handle_uploaded_file(request.FILES['file'])
> > return HttpResponseRedirect('/success/url/')
> > else:
> > form = UploadFileForm()
> > return render_to_response('upload.html', {'form': form})
> >
> > def handle_uploaded_file(f):
> > destination = open('some/file/name.txt', 'wb+')
> > for chunk in f.chunks():
> > destination.write(chunk)
> > destination.close()
> >
> > All the chunks() calls and others seem helpful but the
> > models.FileField ( upload to = /somedir) gets things done in a snap.
> >
> > Any recommendations?
> >
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