I think the proper paradigm is to use the AnonymousUser.
Rather than trying to destroy the session - something that cannot be
reliably achieved - instead set the user of the session back to
AnonymousUser and test/react to that.
On Mar 23, 8:40 am, grimmus <graham.col...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Basically all i want to do is the following :
>
> Have a newsletter signup form. When the user signs up successfully the
> area where the form was has a thanks message instead of the form.
>
> The form or thanks message is displayed on every page of the site, so
> I thought using a session would be the best way handle whether to show
> the form or the thanks message.
>
> Here is my form
>
> <form class="form subscribe" id="subscribe_form" method="post">
> <fieldset class="inlineElements">
> {% if form.errors %}
> <p>Please enter a valid email address.</p>
> {% endif %}
> {% if form.thanks %}
> <p>Thanks for signing up</p>
> {% endif %}
> {% if form.alreadyexists %}
> <p>The email address already exists</p>
> {% endif %}
> {% if not form.thanks %}
> <input type="text" class="textbox" name="email"
> value="Email
> address" onfocus="this.select()" />
> <input type="submit" id="mailinglist" class="button
> submit"
> value="Go"/>
> {% endif %}
> </fieldset>
> </form>
>
> And my view
>
> if request.POST:
> form = SignUp(request.POST)
>
> if form.is_valid():
>
> email = request.POST.get('email', '')
>
> try:
> entry = MailingList.objects.get(email=email)
>
> form.alreadyexists = True
>
> except (KeyError, MailingList.DoesNotExist):
>
> entry = MailingList()
> entry.email = email
> entry.date_added = datetime.now()
> entry.save()
>
> request.session['signed_up'] = True
> form.thanks = True
>
> return HttpResponseRedirect(request.get_full_path())
>
> else:
> print form.errors
>
> else:
>
> form = SignUp()
>
> t = loader.get_template('home/page.html')
> c = RequestContext(request,{
> 'form':form,
> })
>
> if request.session.get('signed_up', True):
> form.thanks = True
>
> return HttpResponse(t.render(c))
>
> Any help is greatly appreciated.
>
> On Mar 22, 3:13 pm, Bill Freeman <ke1g...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>
>
> > And if the user disables javascript, or kills the browser without
> > normal exit, or loses
> > his connection, or pulls the ethernet cable, or has a power failure?
>
> > On Mon, Mar 22, 2010 at 10:06 AM, Wiiboy <jordon...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > > Couldn't you use Javascript for this? For example, on the
> > > onbeforeunload event, delete the sessionid cookie?
>
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