Re: add a field to a form that isn't in a model

2011-08-02 Thread webcomm
I'm not sure that reference is going to answer my question but, in any case, there appears to be lots of good stuff in there. My old deskjet will hate me for printing that page out, but I better try. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Django users" gro

Re: add a field to a form that isn't in a model

2011-08-02 Thread Shawn Milochik
I have no template for the form. I'm using the automatic admin. Then that's a whole different issue. https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/1.3/ref/contrib/admin/ Check this out, and read up on how to specify your own form. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google

Re: add a field to a form that isn't in a model

2011-08-02 Thread webcomm
On Aug 2, 12:40 pm, Shawn Milochik wrote: > You don't need to add the fields to your model. If the extra fields > don't appear on your page it's probably because you didn't add them to > the template. I have no template for the form. I'm using the automatic admin. -- You received this message

Re: add a field to a form that isn't in a model

2011-08-02 Thread Shawn Milochik
You don't need to add the fields to your model. If the extra fields don't appear on your page it's probably because you didn't add them to the template. I'm assuming you're using something like form.as_p, which probably doesn't pick up the extra fields. -- You received this message because y

Re: add a field to a form that isn't in a model

2011-08-02 Thread webcomm
On Aug 2, 11:16 am, Shawn Milochik wrote: > Just add the fields to your ModelForm and then do whatever you want in > your save() override. Thanks for your reply, Shawn. Adding the fields in my ModelForm doesn't seem to do the trick, by itself. The field doesn't appear in the form unless I also

Re: add a field to a form that isn't in a model

2011-08-02 Thread Shawn Milochik
Just add the fields to your ModelForm and then do whatever you want in your save() override. The example you found has extra code the author added to the model, but there's nothing "standard" there. It's just something that suited that use-case. Remember that all of Django is "just" Python,

add a field to a form that isn't in a model

2011-08-02 Thread webcomm
Hi all, How to add a field to a form that is not a model field? I want my form for model class X to have a field whose value I will save to another model class (by overriding the the save method in model class X). I think my answer is here... http://www.hindsightlabs.com/blog/2010/02/11/adding-