Hi Em -
I'm taking baby steps at the moment and simply don't understand how the
form.as_table works... ie when i put that in the template (see my template
below), how does it know which form to show?
BR
On Thu, Jun 5, 2008 at 11:50 AM, Emily Rodgers <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> It seems familiar to an issue I had last week.
>
> Can we see the function in your views file? I am guessing that you need
> to instantiate your ziplookup object or something (I think this is what
> I did wrong). Try changing {{ form.as_table }} to {{ form }}, just to
> see what it prints...
>
> I could be worng (I taught myself to code so have plenty of bad
> habits!!), but I think the convention when defining classes is to use
> CamelCase: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CamelCase for the class name -
> it helps to differentiate between function calls and object
> instantiations when reading your code.
>
> Em :)
>
> PS python rocks.
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: django-users@googlegroups.com
> > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Bobby Roberts
> > Sent: 05 June 2008 16:36
> > To: Django users
> > Subject: forms - WTF
> >
> >
> > hey -
> >
> > I'm new to Django so bear with me and thank you in advance
> > for any help you can lend. I can't seem to get my hands
> > around the model/form/ view/template thing. I LOVE the idea
> > but you have to understand i'm a MS ASP programmer who is
> > switching over to python.
> >
> > Now with that being said here is my understanding in a nutshell:
> >
> > 1. models - show the db table structure which is used by the views.
> >
> > 2. templates - allow you to separate html and code - at
> > least for the most part
> >
> > 3. views - contain the functions which interact with the
> > models and templates to perform some sort of interaction.
> >
> > 4. forms - allow data to be input into the website etc....
> >
> > I understand the basics but can't for the life of me figure
> > out how to make it all work together in a land of joy and
> > joyness (ie Charlie the Unicorn vid)
> >
> > I'm building a UPS rate lookup service. I am including my
> > template and form below.
> >
> > when i visit the page below, only the input button shows...
> > no other form elements
> >
> >
> > [template.html]
> >
> > {% extends "ups_rates/ups_lookup_base.html" %} {% load i18n %}
> >
> > {% block content %}
> > <div class="ups_rate_lookup_back"></div>
> > <div class="ups_rate_lookup_header">
> > <span id="upsheader">{% trans "Estimate UPS Shipping
> > Rates" %}</
> > span><br />
> > <div class="upsqueryblock">
> > <form method="post" action=".">
> > <table>
> > {{ form.as_table }}
> > </table>
> > <input type="submit" name="submit" value="Get Estimate*">
> > </form>
> > </div>
> > </div>
> >
> > <div class="upsratedata">
> > this is a place holder for my rates table
> > </div>
> >
> >
> > <div class="upsdisclaimerbase"></div>
> > <div class="upsdisclaimer">
> > {% trans "* UPS rates presented on this page are
> > estimates only based solely on the provided zip-code and not
> > your full shipping address. Your final shipping rates will
> > be displayed on the payment page when you submit your credit
> > card information." %}
> > </div>
> > <div class="upscloser"><form><input type=button
> > value="Close Window" onClick="myPopup()"></form></div> {% endblock %}
> >
> >
> >
> > [forms.py]
> >
> > from django import newforms as forms
> > class ziplookup(forms.Form):
> > zipcode=forms.CharField(max_length=15, required=True,
> > help_text='Please enter your zipcode')
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > Is there anyone out there who can take me to Candy Mountain
> > (another Charlie the Unicorn reference)
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > >
> >
>
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