Thank you both for those suggestions. I got Tundebazby's to work as it was
closest to what I was doing. I'll have to study the post_save some more.
On Wednesday, July 30, 2014 2:33:57 AM UTC-4, Tundebabzy wrote:
>
> Hi Brad, my response is inline
>
> On 30 Jul 2014 02:26, "Brad Rice" <brad...@gmail.com <javascript:>> wrote:
> >
> > I have three tables. The first one is application which has a flag for
> if an app has been submitted as well as created date and modified date. The
> other two tables relate to the application table. I have two forms that get
> update those tables. What I want to do is update the application modified
> date from the save on the other forms.
> >
> > I have this in the Application model
> > modified = models.DateTimeField(auto_now_add=True)
> >
> > but since it is the other tables I am saving to, I'm not sure how to
> update that field whenever the other two tables update.
> >
> > My view for one of the forms looks like this:
> >
> > class AnswersUpdate(UpdateView):
> > model = Answers
> > form_class = AnswersForm
> > slug_field = 'created_by'
> > template_name = 'requestform/applicant_form.html'
> >
> > @method_decorator(login_required(login_url='/accounts/login/'))
> > def dispatch(self, *args, **kwargs):
> > return super(AnswersUpdate, self).dispatch(*args, **kwargs)
> >
> > def get_object(self, queryset=None):
> > return Answers.objects.get(created_by=self.request.user)
> >
> > def form_valid(self, form):
> > obj = form.save(commit=False)
> > obj.created_by = self.request.user
> > obj.save()
> > a = Application.objects.get(created_by=self.request.user)
> > ## how do I save to the Application here?
>
> #if its a new record, something like ....
> application = Application.objects.create(...)
>
> #if you are updating a record, something like...
> application = Application.objects.get(...) # can throw exception
> application.field_name = something
> application.save ()
>
> > return HttpResponseRedirect(reverse('requestform:app_check',
> kwargs={'app_id': obj.id}))
> >
> > Any help would be appreciated.
> >
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