I am working on a search form for a project. I think I have down how
django handles forms (on a simple level). I am using an thml form
written in a template and passing it through a view. I tried to write
this out as a form in a form.py file but something screwball was
happening with the file and I gave it up for the time being.
Here is my Model:
Type = models.CharField(max_length=100, choices=Type_Choices,
blank=True)
Last_Name = models.CharField('Last Name', max_length=100,
blank=True)
First_Name = models.CharField('First Name', max_length=100,
blank=True)
Position = models.CharField('Position', help_text="Only used for
non-council City and Local officials", max_length=100, blank=True,
choices=Position_Choices)
Party = models.CharField(max_length=3, choices=Party_Choices,
blank=True)
District = models.IntegerField(help_text="For State, Federal and
County Commissioners", blank=True, null=True)
Ward = models.IntegerField(help_text="For City Councils",
blank=True, null=True)
City = models.CharField(max_length=100, blank=True)
Phone = models.CharField(max_length=15, help_text="Use the form
xxx-xxx-xxxx", blank=True)
Email = models.EmailField(max_length=100, blank=True)
Contact_URL = models.URLField(max_length=200, blank=True)
DOB = models.DateField('Date of Birth',blank=True, null=True)
Gender = models.CharField(blank=True, max_length=2,
choices=Gender_Choices)
Begin_Serve = models.IntegerField('Began Serving in', blank=True,
null=True)
End_Serve = models.IntegerField('Term Limited in', blank=True,
null=True)
MugShot = models.ImageField('Mug Shot Upload', help_text="images
are to be no larger that 150x200", storage=s3_storage,
upload_to='newsok/images/Government/images', height_field=None,
width_field=None, max_length=300, blank=True)
Committees = models.ManyToManyField('Committees', blank=True)
Approp_Committee = models.ManyToManyField('Approp_Committees',
blank=True)
Here are my (still in progress, just testing things) form and views:
<form action="" method="get">
<input type"text" name="q"><br />
<h2>Button Check</h2>
<input type="checkbox" name="party" value="d">
<input type="submit" value="Search">
</form>
def search(request):
error = False
if 'q' in request.GET:
q = request.GET['q']
party = request.GET['party']
if not q:
error = True
else:
reps =
Rep.objects.filter(Last_Name__icontains=q).filter(Party__icontains=party)
return render_to_response('Government/
search_results.html',
{'reps': reps, 'query': q})
return render_to_response('Government/search.html', {'error':
error})
What I am looking to do is create a form that has a general search
field that queries against the last and first names and then a series
of checkboxes and radio buttons (some can have multiple selections and
some can't) to filter the search based on type of representative,
district, city. etc.
I'm throwing this out as I battle through the forms processing part of
the Django book.
Thanks,
Nick
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