Re: form instance to update an object

2009-06-16 Thread Daniel Roseman
On Jun 16, 9:48 am, Genis Pujol Hamelink wrote: > well, if you retrieve an object via GET modify something and then submit the > new data you will create a POST request and I was wondering if I could test > wether the object being saved was an existing one or not... > > greetings, > > Genis > OK,

Re: form instance to update an object

2009-06-16 Thread Genis Pujol Hamelink
well, if you retrieve an object via GET modify something and then submit the new data you will create a POST request and I was wondering if I could test wether the object being saved was an existing one or not... greetings, Genis 2009/6/16 Daniel Roseman > > On Jun 15, 4:23 pm, Genis Pujol Ham

Re: form instance to update an object

2009-06-15 Thread Daniel Roseman
On Jun 15, 4:23 pm, Genis Pujol Hamelink wrote: > yes, but what if it's a new object and not an existing one? How do I test > this? The request method will be POST, so form will be form = > MyForm(request.POST)... so if form.pk exists in the db how do I tell it's > editing an existing object? > >

Re: form instance to update an object

2009-06-15 Thread Genis Pujol Hamelink
yes, but what if it's a new object and not an existing one? How do I test this? The request method will be POST, so form will be form = MyForm(request.POST)... so if form.pk exists in the db how do I tell it's editing an existing object? if request.method == 'POST': form = myform(request.POST

Re: form instance to update an object

2009-06-15 Thread Daniel Roseman
On Jun 15, 3:20 pm, Genis Pujol Hamelink wrote: > Hi list, > > I am trying to create a view to update objects in the db: > > http://dpaste.com/55546/ > > but when posting the data, form.is_valid() fails because the object already > exists in the db. Is there a way to validate a form using an exis

form instance to update an object

2009-06-15 Thread Genis Pujol Hamelink
Hi list, I am trying to create a view to update objects in the db: http://dpaste.com/55546/ but when posting the data, form.is_valid() fails because the object already exists in the db. Is there a way to validate a form using an existing object and then save it? regards, -- Genís --~--~-