On Wed, 2006-10-11 at 15:07 -0500, Patrick J. Anderson wrote:
> I have extended Django User model (site members as opposed to users) and
> I want to approve them before they can use all site features. Below is
> my model:
>
> class Member(models.Model):
> user = models.ForeignKey(User)
> ...
> is_approved - models.NullBooleanField(default = False)
> ...
>
> Now, I want members to use site forms (not admin) to edit their profile
> details. Obviously, I don't want them to approve themselves, so I use
> hidden input value in my form:
>
> <input type="hidden" id="id_is_approved" name="is_approved" value="{{
> object.is_approved }}" />
If you don't want people approving themselves, then this won't stop
them. It is very easy to change the value of even a hidden field in a
form prior to submission Type="hidden" just means it won't display in
the UI. It doesn't mean the user can't change it.
> However, whenever a member (even approved member) saves their profile,
> the value of "is_approved" is set to NULL.
>
> By the way, I'm using generic views. I looked at the admin interface
> source for this model type of input code and found this:
>
> <label for="id_is_approved">Approved?:</label>
> <select id="id_is_approved" class="vNullBooleanField"
> name="is_approved" size="1">
> <option value="1">Unknown</option>
> <option value="2">Yes</option>
> <option value="3">No</option>
> </select>
>
> I assume that the framework translates this into appropriate values
> before saving the record and it works fine using admin interface.
>
> When I looked at the value of {{ object.is_approved }} in my template,
> the value for approved member is "1", and when that profile is saved,
> the value of is_approved changes to NULL.
It sounds like this part is working correctly, except for putting in the
correct initial value: you have a value of "1" in the form and this is
converted into the NULL case after submission.
I'm not sure why you are seeing a "1" in the hidden input field. I would
have expected the string "False" to appear, since the value of the field
in your model is going to be None, True or False (and the latter by
default).
Regards,
Malcolm
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