On Sun, Mar 22, 2009 at 3:57 PM, grimmus <graham.col...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> I am creating an instance of the model in a view like so:
>
> form = ContactForm(request.POST)
> if form.is_valid():
> cd = form.cleaned_data
>
> c = ContactEnquiry(cd['name'],cd['subject'],cd['email'],cd
> ['message'],datetime.datetime.now())
> c.save()
>
> return HttpResponseRedirect('/contact/thanks/')
>
> if i enter an integer before cd['name'] the instance gets saved in the
> database but this integer should be an identity/autonumber value.
>
> On Mar 22, 8:06 pm, Alex Gaynor <alex.gay...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > On Sun, Mar 22, 2009 at 3:00 PM, grimmus <graham.col...@gmail.com>
> wrote:
> >
> > > Hi,
> >
> > > I have a class like so
> >
> > > class ContactEnquiry(models.Model):
> > > name = models.CharField(max_length=100)
> > > subject = models.CharField(max_length=100)
> > > email = models.EmailField()
> > > message = models.CharField(max_length=100)
> > > enquiry_date = models.DateTimeField('enquiry date')
> > > def __unicode__(self):
> > > return self.name
> >
> > > when i make an instance of this class it throws the error :
> >
> > > invalid literal for int() with base 10: 'name value'
> >
> > > when i pass an int as the first parameter it works fine but i thought
> > > an autonumber would be passed as the id value ?
> >
> > > Thanks for any help
> >
> > How are you creating an instance of the model, can you paste the code you
> > are running and the full traceback.
> >
> > Alex
> >
> > --
> > "I disapprove of what you say, but I will defend to the death your right
> to
> > say it." --Voltaire
> > "The people's good is the highest law."--Cicero
> >
>
You're passing the name as the first param, which is by default the primary
key. You can avoid that by passing everything as kwargs.
Is there any reason you aren't using a ModelForm though?
Alex
--
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say it." --Voltaire
"The people's good is the highest law."--Cicero
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