I do agree. helper methods for every special case is not the solution. on the other hand, it´s just not clear sometimes how things could/ should be done. I´d just wish for more "best practice" advice and more complex examples (esp. in the docs).
regards, patrick Am 25.06.2007 um 16:51 schrieb Malcolm Tredinnick: > > On Mon, 2007-06-25 at 16:41 +0200, patrick k. wrote: >> thanks malcolm. >> >> get_initial_data should be defined in the form, I think. because the >> form doesn´t necessarily relate to a model, so the model is probably >> the wrong place. >> I´m a bit surprised that this isn´t easier/cleaner with newforms. > > You can't really be surprised that Django doesn't include helper > methods > for every special case. Particularly when writing your own method > takes > four lines of code. There's a limit on how easy something can be, > given > that the model, the field list, the form field names and the mapping > between form fields and model fields are all variables. > > Regards, > Malcolm > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
