Leslie Maclachlan wrote:
> Hello everyone,
>
> I have written a template and view to allow users to change their password.
> As soon as it hits the if pForm.is_valid, I get an error that there is a
> required field (username) missing - I don't understand why it is asking
> for this field, as I have not created it, but am assigning the username
> in the view. Could someone please explain what I am missing.
>
Look in the code at: /django/contrib/auth/forms.py and other files in
that directory
for information about how django handles it.
> Regards,
> Leslie
>
> The View:
> class PasswordForm(forms.Form):
> password = forms.CharField(max_length=20, widget=forms.PasswordInput())
> password2 = forms.CharField(max_length=20, widget=forms.PasswordInput())
>
> @login_required
> def Change_Password(request, next='/'):
> message = 'Change Password'
> pForm = PasswordForm()
>
> if request.method == 'POST':
> if request.POST['submit'] == 'Change':
> postDict = request.POST.copy()
>
You are using LoginForm and not PasswordForm here.
> pForm = LoginForm(postDict)
> if pForm.is_valid():
>
No indent after the if statement. This should raise an error.
> uPass1 = request.POST['password']
> uPass2 = request.POST['password1']
> if uPass1 == uPass2:
> user = get_object_or_404(Employee.objects.get(name__exact
> = request.session['uid']))
> #user = request.session['uid']
> print 'User: ' + user
> user.set_password(uPass1)
> user.save()
> return HttpResponseRedirect(next)
> else:
> message = 'Passwords dont match'
> pForm = PasswordForm()
>
> return render_to_response('employee/change_password.html', {
> 'pForm': pForm,
> 'message': message })
>
> The Template:
> {% extends "base_template.html" %}
> {% block title %} Update Alert {% endblock %}
> {% block top_menu %}
> <a href="/">Home</a>
> {% endblock %}
> {% block content %}
> <table>
> <tr><th><h3>{{message}}</h3></th></tr>
> <form action="" method="post">
> <tr>{{ pForm }}</tr>
> </table>
> <input type="submit" name="submit" value="Change" />
> </form>
> {% endblock %}
>
Regards,
Roland van Laar
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