Re: Iterating over model's fields assigning POST Data if present

[Benjamin Ward]

Ok so ive already found a few of my own silly errors...         for f in MosMember._meta.fields:             if data.has_key(f.name):                 mm._meta.get_field(f.name) = forms.field_name(f.name).html2python(data[f.name])                                          ^  But it still doesn't like the assignment. 'SyntaxError - can't assign to function call' So how do i find that Model Field name, the name of which is held in f.name, so that i can assign a value to it? Thanks again. On 18/10/2006, at 5:44 PM, Benjamin Ward wrote:   Hi All,   I'm struggling writing my first custom manipulator. I think I need a custom because I'm trying to create a new User object, a new MosMember object and a new Address object all off the one Form.   MosMember is a profile extension of Auth_User, and each MosMember has a related Address.   This is the save function of the custom manipulator       def save(self, data):         username = data['username']         password = data['password']         email = data['email']         u = User.objects.create_user(username, email, password)         uid = u.id         mm = MosMember.objects.create_mos_member(uid)         for f in MosMember._meta.fields:             if data.has_key[f.name]:                 mm._meta.get_field(f.name) = forms.field_name(f.name).html2python(data.has_key[f.name])         ma = mm.address         for f in Address._meta.fields:             if data.has_key[f.name]:                 ma._meta.get_field(f.name) = forms.field_name(f.name).html2python(data.has_key[f.name])         if data.has_key('first_name'):             u.first_name = data['first_name']         if data.has_key('last_name'):             u.last_name= data['last_name']         reg_mem_group = Group.objects.get(name="Registered Members")         u.groups.add(reg_mem_group)         ma.save()         u.save()         mm.save() This issue is with the two loops. I'm trying to avoid manually typing out 30 or so checking/assignment calls of the sort         if data.has_key('last_name'):             u.last_name= data['last_name']   The problem is my Django/Python skills are clearly not up to scratch, because I can't seem to do what I assume I should be able to in the loops. i.e.;   1 ) loop through the Model asking it what it's Fields are called 2 ) Use the discovered Field names to see if there is and equivalent key in the POSTed Data 3 )  if the key exists, convert the Form String data via html2python, and assign it to the equivalent attribute of the Model. Can anyone please help me rewrite those loops so that they actually do what i want them to! :P thanks in advance lovely people. Ben     --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Django users" group. To post to this group, send email to django-users@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/django-users -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---