Any ideas on this one guys?
I gave up on it last night.
I feel way off ...
d
On Jul 15, 11:33 pm, The Danny Bos <danny...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Agreed, I should get used to using Forms.
> So I gave it a go, the new problem I have is out of my three fields,
> two need to be hidden and have values automatically assigned from the
> page they're on. This is freaking me out.
>
> Now I have:
>
> # forms.py
> class RatingForm(forms.Form):
> record = forms.CharField(widget=forms.HiddenInput)
> critic = forms.CharField(widget=forms.HiddenInput)
> rating = forms.ChoiceField(choices=RATING_CHOICES)
>
> #views.py
> def record_detail(request):
> if request.method == 'POST':
> form = RatingForm(request.POST)
> if form.is_valid():
> record_rating = Rating()
>
> record_rating.rating = form.cleaned_data['rating']
> record_rating.record = ????
> record_rating.writer = ????
> record_rating.save()
>
> return HttpResponseRedirect('/')
> else:
> ...
>
> How do I get the User.ID (as you'll need to be logged in), into that
> hidden field or the DB. And also the Record.ID from the page I was
> just on.
>
> Know what I mean. Am I way off?
> I'm new to this, so any detailed help is very welcome.
>
> Thanks again,
>
> d
>
> On Jul 15, 2:37 am, Lakshman Prasad <scorpion...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>
>
> > > It runs OK (no errors) but doesn't save a single thing
>
> > It has to run without errors because you have enclosed the whole thing
> > in try.
>
> > You have to coerce the record_id and user_id into int before assigning
> > to the model fields, for it to save.
>
> > On Tue, Jul 14, 2009 at 9:45 PM, The Danny Bos <danny...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > > Heya, am trying to simply save 3 values to a database, without using
> > > Forms.
>
> > > In the Template:
>
> > > <form action="rating/" method="post">
> > > <input type="hidden" name="record_id" value="1" />
> > > <input type="hidden" name="user_id" value="2" />
> > > Rate This: <select name="rating">{% for n in numbers %}<option
> > > value="{{ n }}">{{ n }}</option>{% endfor %}</select>
> > > <input type="submit" value="Rate" />
> > > </form>
>
> > > In the View:
>
> > > from mysite.rating.models import Rating
> > > def critics_rating(request):
> > > try:
> > > record_id = request.POST['record_id']
> > > user_id = request.POST['user_id']
> > > rating_val = request.POST['rating']
>
> > > rating = Rating()
> > > rating.rating = rating_val
> > > rating.item = record_id
> > > rating.writer = user_id
> > > rating.save()
>
> > > return HttpResponseRedirect('/')
> > > except:
> > > pass
> > > obj = Record.objects.get(id=record)
> > > return render_to_response('record/detail.html', {'object_detail':
> > > obj}, context_instance=RequestContext(request))
>
> > > It runs OK (no errors) but doesn't save a single thing, also it goes
> > > back to the 'detail.html' page fine, but when you hit reload, it sends
> > > the data again. Again, not saving.
>
> > > Any ideas what's wrong with this?
> > > I've done a lot of searching but all people seem to use the Forms
> > > widget, I was thinking as this is only three fields I'd skip that.
> > > Silly?
>
> > --
> > Regards,
> > Lakshman
> > becomingguru.com
> > lakshmanprasad.com
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