ok i'm new to django... can you explain that?
On Jun 2, 3:26 pm, Andrew Ingram <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> It looks like you need to add the form to your view contexts.
>
> return render_to_response ("UPSRateLookUp/upsratelookup.html",{
> "form": form
> "results": results,
> "query": query
> })
> else:
> form = form_upslookup()
> return render_to_response
> ("UPSRateLookUp/upsratelookup.html",{"form": form})
>
> The thing to remember is that there's nothing special about forms when
> it comes to django templates, a form is simply another object that must
> be passed in the template context if you wish to use it.
>
> - Andrew
>
> Bobby Roberts wrote:
> > yeah i'm looking at that but it doesn't make sense to me..... here's a
> > snip
> > of my template, the forms.py file and the views.py file. Here are my
> > questions:
>
> > 1. the form doesn't show up on the template... what am I missing here
> > to
> > get my form to show up?
>
> > 2. how in the world do I tell the system that the form on the
> > template
> > should submit and use the process_upslookup view?
>
> > -lost
>
> > *template.html* (snip)
>
> > <form method="post" action=".">
> > {{ form }}
> > <input type="submit" name="submit" value="Get
> > Estimate*">
> > </form>
>
> > *forms.py*
>
> > from django import newforms as forms
>
> > class form_upslookup(forms.Form):
> > zipcode=forms.CharField(max_length=15, required=True,
> > help_text='Please
> > enter your zipcode')
>
> > *views.py*
>
> > from forms import form_upslookup
>
> > def process_upslookup(request):
> > if request.method=='POST':
> > form = form_upslookup
> > query = request.POST.get('zipcode','')
> > if query:
> > results=query
> > else:
> > results="No Zipcode Entered"
> > return render_to_response ("UPSRateLookUp/upsratelookup.html",
> > {
> > "results": results,
> > "query": query
> > })
> > else:
> > form = form_upslookup()
> > return render_to_response ("UPSRateLookUp/upsratelookup.html")
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