On Wed, Apr 16, 2008 at 6:55 AM, sparky <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> Hello all,
>
> I have a slightly unusual requirement: I want to use a FileField in a
> form but with a TextField in the model. (The content being uploaded is
> a big bit of flat text, but I want to store it in the database, not as
> a file.)
>
> The problem is that with the code that I have together the
> request.FILES parameter is empty, so the form fails validation, any
> suggestions as to where I'm going wrong, thanks.
>
I do not see any reason why what you have posted below would fail form
validation. request.FILES will be populated, assuming you actually choose a
file before you click "Submit". Are you really seeing a problem with form
validation failing? If so, what exactly is the validation error message ?
"This field is required." or "The submitted file is empty" or ...?
The problem I do see in your code below is that you do not put the content
of the uploaded file in your model as you state you want to. When your form
is validated, cleaned_data['content'] will be an UploadedFile. If you want
to access the content of the UploadedFile, you need to use
cleaned_data['content'].content. As you have coded it below I believe you
will get the name of your uploaded file put into your model's content field.
Karen
> sparky
>
> the form:
> class SubmissionForm(forms.Form):
> title = forms.CharField(max_length=100)
> description = forms.CharField(widget=forms.Textarea)
> content = forms.FileField(widget=forms.FileInput)
>
>
> the model:
>
> class Submission(models.Model):
> """
> Submission model
> """
> creator = models.ForeignKey(User)
> created_datetime = models.DateTimeField(auto_now_add=True)
> title = models.CharField(max_length=100)
> description = models.TextField()
> content = models.TextField()
>
>
> The view code:
> if request.method == 'POST':
> form = SubmissionForm(request.POST, request.FILES)
> if form.is_valid():
> s = Submission(creator=request.user,
> created_datetime=datetime.datetime.now(),
> title=form.cleaned_data['title'],
> description=form.cleaned_data['description'],
> content=form.cleaned_data['content'])
>
>
> the template:
>
> <form enctype="multipart/form-data" action="." method="POST">
> <table>
> {{ form.as_p }}
> </table>
> <p><input type="submit" value="Submit"></p>
> </form>
>
> >
>
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