The "name" attribute should be on the select tag. E.g:
<select name="customer_id">
<option value="foo">Foo</option>
</select>
_Nik
On 6/20/2014 10:33 AM, G Z wrote:
> I'm trying to post
> customer_id
> while generating a combo box with a loop from a database query.
> I have the combo box generating and such, but the posted data does not
> return the customer id. It returns something weird.
>
> <form method='post' action='' id='customers'>
> {% csrf_token %}
> <select>
> {% for item in customer %}
> <option value={{ item.customer_id }} name='customer_id'>{{
> item.customer_name }}</option>
> {% endfor %}
> <input type = 'submit' value='Edit'>
> </select>
> {{ post }}
>
>
>
> this is what it returns
> <QueryDict: {u'csrfmiddlewaretoken':
> [u'CpzKrwmZsmfiiNHngNWDFSNxqUoBykYO']}>
>
>
> def portal(request):
>
> customers = Customer.objects.all()
>
>
>
> if request.method == 'POST':
> vm_groups = Vm_group.objects.all()
> vms = Vm.objects.all()
> selected_customer = request.POST.copy()
> #selected_customer_id = selected_customer['customer_id']
>
> post = selected_customer
> context = Context({'customer': customers,
> 'vm_groups':vm_groups, 'vms':vms, 'post':post,
> })
>
> return render(request, 'portal.html', context)
>
> else:
> context = Context({'customer': customers,})
> return render(request, 'portal.html', context)
>
>
>
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