Thank you, Phang. I was not familiar with the locals() method, so I
may look into this.
L J
On Apr 17, 2:22 am, Phang Mulianto <braveh...@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Tue, Apr 17, 2012 at 2:10 PM, LJ <ljayad...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > I am having trouble figuring out how to query the database and return
> > the results in a format that my template can render appropriately.
> > I have a model that has a ManyToMany field:
>
> > class Student()
> > ...
> > parents = models.ManyToManyField('parents.Parent', blank=True,
> > null=True)
> > ...
> > The Parent model looks like:
>
> > class Parent()
> > ...
> > first_name models.CharField(max_length=30)
> > last_name models.CharField(max_length=30)
> > gender models.CharField(max_length=1)
> > ...
> > def __unicode__(self):
> > return u'Parent : %s %s' % (self.first_name, self.last_name)
>
> > The method in my view currently looks something like this:
>
> > def get_parents( request, template )
> > id=request.GET['id']
> > template_data["parents"] = Parent.objects.filter(student=id)
> > return render_to_response( template, template_data,
> > context_instance=RequestContext(request))
>
> > The template data is returning the data in the format:
> > [ <Parent: Parent: Bob Thomas>, <Parent: Parent: Mary Thomas>]
>
> > I think this because you return your result in template_data["parents"] ,
>
> so in your tempalte it will be parent:parent:bob thomas.
>
> usualy i use locals() to pass all the var to template.
>
> return render_to_repsonse(template,
> locals(),context_instance=RequestContext(request))
>
> don't know if this is best practice in django, but make me easier to work
> with variables need to pass to template without have to include it in an
> array.
>
> with the locals() you will have the data in your template like you mention
> below.
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> > Instead, I need the template data formatted with the other fields in
> > my Parent model, like:
> > [ <Parent: { id: 3, first_name: Bob, last_name: Thomas}>,
> > <Parent: { id: 4, first_name: Mary, last_name: Thomas}> ]
>
> > The format doesn't have to be exactly like the above, but I need to
> > include the index, and to return some of the other fields defined in
> > my Parent model.
> > My template will look something like:
> > {% for parent in parents.object_list %}
> > <tr>
> > <td>{{parent.id}}</td>
> > <td>{{parent.first_name}}</td>
> > <td>{{parent.last_name}}</td>
> > {% endfor %}
>
> > Can someone give me some ideas about how I can change my view to
> > return my template data in a more useable format?
>
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