Re: CSS question

2011-08-21 Thread Joshua Russo
Thanks for the help, CSS is always my gremlin -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Django users" group. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msg/django-users/-/TmoW1R-DflQJ. To post to this group, send email to django-use

When is it useful to run multiple admin sites?

2011-09-11 Thread Joshua Russo
I know you can run multiple admin sites, but the only reason I can see for doing it is to have a full admin and other customized admin sites for different types of users. This is possibly even a stretch, and really just a guess. What are some of the use cases for multiple admin sites? -- Yo

Re: When is it useful to run multiple admin sites?

2011-09-11 Thread Joshua Russo
That makes sense. Thanks -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Django users" group. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msg/django-users/-/Hz0DW_-dSwAJ. To post to this group, send email to django-users@googlegroups.com. T

Alter the list of fields returned by a queryset without turning them into strings?

2011-09-12 Thread Joshua Russo
I have 2 tables, document and event. I want to retrieve the document url and the event date but it seems like I can't do this in a single query set and that is then used directly in a template. This was my first thought: context = { 'minutes': Document.objects.filter(documentType=1, eve

Re: Alter the list of fields returned by a queryset without turning them into strings?

2011-09-13 Thread Joshua Russo
So, how I actually solved it was even a bit different: Document.objects.filter(documentType=1, event__eventType=1).annotate(Max('event__start_date')).order_by('event__start_date__max') I had to use the Max function because the relationship is actually a many to many. Even if it was just a stand

Re: Alter the list of fields returned by a queryset without turning them into strings?

2011-09-13 Thread Joshua Russo
I had previously typed (but obviously not sent) a thank you ... so, thank you. That was what I was looking for and did lead me to my ultimate solution. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Django users" group. To view this discussion on the web visit h

Is there any particular reason why it's assumed you won't be performing a Max on a CharField?

2011-09-21 Thread Joshua Russo
Is there any particular reason why it's assumed you won't be performing a Max on a CharField? I tried to create the following QuerySet: Document.objects.filter(documentType=1, event__eventType=3).annotate(event_date=Max('event__start_date'), subcommittee=Max('event__subcommittee__name')).orde

Query exclude via model_set property?

2011-11-12 Thread Joshua Russo
I have a 3 table solution class Organization(models.Model): name = models.CharField("Organization's name", max_length=100) class OrganizationDepartment(models.Model): organization = models.ForeignKey(Organization) name = models.CharField("Name", max_length=100) contacts

Re: Query exclude via model_set property?

2011-11-12 Thread Joshua Russo
it looks like this is the best way to tackle the problem. http://stackoverflow.com/questions/1724317/django-exclude-on-a-many-to-many-relationship-through-a-third-table -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Django users" group. To view this discussion on

How to specify a group by field set?

2011-11-22 Thread Joshua Russo
Is there a way to select a list of group by columns? The aggregation methods seem only apply to a single model but I want to use fields from different models to group by. select org.id as organization_id, dep.id as department_id, cat."catId", max(cat.name) as name,

How do determine which {% load %} item is missing?

2011-11-22 Thread Joshua Russo
I've noticed that instead of generating an error, if a filter or tag is used that is not found in a {% load %} item, the include that contains the error is just skipped. Is there anyway to debug which filter/tag is failing? -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google G

Trouble overriding registration templates

2011-07-12 Thread Joshua Russo
I want to use my own logout template but it doesn't want to pick it up. The login template worked just fine, but for anything that's already in the admin's template/registration folder, it only wants to use those. I tried putting my templates folder before the admin templates folder in the list

AW: Trouble overriding registration templates

2011-07-13 Thread Joshua Russo
I do have a views that are basically just proxies for the author views, but I was under the impression that if I just wanted to replace the registration templates then all I needed was a registration directory in my templates directory with the right file names. From there it should just take th

Re: AW: Trouble overriding registration templates

2011-07-13 Thread Joshua Russo
Sorry, auto correct strikes again. I was trying to reply quickly from my phone. I meant auth, not author views. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Django users" group. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msg/django-us

Re: AW: Trouble overriding registration templates

2011-07-13 Thread Joshua Russo
Am I wrong about how templates work? -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Django users" group. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msg/django-users/-/FVBKI9qS2PQJ. To post to this group, send email to django-users@googleg

Re: Trouble overriding registration templates

2011-07-13 Thread Joshua Russo
That's fine, but I was under the impression that the templates could be overridden just by creating the proper path in my template directories. Is that not true? -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Django users" group. To view this discussion on the we

Re: Trouble overriding registration templates

2011-07-13 Thread Joshua Russo
Cool, thanks for the confirmation. I do have my template directories explicitly listed in TEMPLATE_DIRS. I even made sure that my app's templates came before the admin templates, but for some reason it's not picking up my /registration/logged_out.html and the others that show up in the admin's

Re: Trouble overriding registration templates

2011-07-13 Thread Joshua Russo
*light bulb* I forgot about my development vs production settings. I was only changing the TEMPLATE_DIRS in the main settings.py that represents my production settings. I'm not in a place where I can test this but I'm almost certain that's what the problem is. -- You received this message beca

Re: Trouble overriding registration templates

2011-07-13 Thread Joshua Russo
Correct -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Django users" group. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msg/django-users/-/K5yKllF_gPcJ. To post to this group, send email to django-users@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe fro

Re: Trouble overriding registration templates

2011-07-19 Thread Joshua Russo
btw, I was correct, it was the development settings causing the problem On Wed, Jul 13, 2011 at 1:43 PM, Joshua Russo wrote: > Correct > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Django users" group. > To view this discuss

Extending the ManyToMany relation, maybe a bad idea

2011-07-24 Thread Joshua Russo
Ok, so I've created a structure of selectable properties, that for the most part is a straight forward many-to-many relationship. What I've added is a character field in the relationship table that should conditionally display based on the setup of the property being selected. What I wanted to

Re: Extending the ManyToMany relation, maybe a bad idea

2011-07-27 Thread Joshua Russo
I am using the through keyword. I'm just trying to figure out the most efficient way to create a form field and widget to update the data. What I'm struggling with is how a ManyToMany field with an intermediate table containing extra fields fits into the ModelForm saving. I'm just not sure wher

Re: Extending the ManyToMany relation, maybe a bad idea

2011-07-27 Thread Joshua Russo
Someone tell me where I'm going wrong conceptually here, I feel like I'm making this too hard. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Django users" group. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msg/django-users/-/T5m8OIVMyusJ

Re: Extending the ManyToMany relation, maybe a bad idea

2011-07-27 Thread Joshua Russo
My problem is that I have multiple values and I need to associate the list of extra fields with selected relations for the ManyToMany relation. Below is a simplified version of what my setup is. I want to create an edit form for Organization, but I'm struggling with how best to save (and re-re

Re: Extending the ManyToMany relation, maybe a bad idea

2011-07-27 Thread Joshua Russo
Ok, so I can retrieve this extra data in the __init__ of the model form, but it seems like I will need to skip all of the cleaning and automatic validation of the form; because the data, to be displayed with the associated checkbox will have to be included with the items field in the Organizati

Re: Extending the ManyToMany relation, maybe a bad idea

2011-07-28 Thread Joshua Russo
Ya, sorry, I was just getting frustrated because I was taking longer than I wanted to implement this. The formset is what I ended up with. The tricky part is still that I want a defined list of options in the formset, so I can't just make it a model formset. I haven't worked in Django in a while

Best practice when testing form values in a template?

2011-08-02 Thread Joshua Russo
Ok, so I've created a fairly simple form: class OrganizationItemForm(AuditModelForm): selected = forms.BooleanField() extraRequired = forms.BooleanField(widget=forms.HiddenInput) multiLineInfo = forms.BooleanField(widget=forms.HiddenInput) def __init__(self, *args, **k

Re: Best practice when testing form values in a template?

2011-08-03 Thread Joshua Russo
Or am I not using these concepts as intended? -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Django users" group. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msg/django-users/-/UvoTGqPzDBoJ. To post to this group, send email to django-user

Re: Best practice when testing form values in a template?

2011-08-03 Thread Joshua Russo
Really? Nothing? Do you need more information? From the lack of response I feel like I'm completely off the mark and nobody wants to tell me. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Django users" group. To view this discussion on the web visit https://grou

Re: Best practice when testing form values in a template?

2011-08-05 Thread Joshua Russo
Ok, I apologize. Here is a fuller representation of what I'm doing. I had a hard time figuring out how much was enough versus too much. This is simplified, but I think it represents what I'm trying to do. For instance, don't pay too much attention to the save logic in the view, I haven't actual

How to test form values in a template? (simplified)

2011-08-07 Thread Joshua Russo
I realize that I went from too little information, to too much information in the previous post, so this is an attempt to find a middle ground. What I'm building is the ability to have a list of checkable options, and depending on the setup for a give option it may have a text field to enter ad

Re: How to test form values in a template? (simplified)

2011-08-07 Thread Joshua Russo
It's more that I want to have different ways of displaying the same form field. I want the text field to be on the same line as the checkbox when it's an input field and below it when it's displayed as a textarea. There's also the point of changing the required setting of the same field based on

How to prevent model formset from saving the empty forms?

2011-08-09 Thread Joshua Russo
I have a model formset that's displaying an extra form, but when I save I always get that form saved as an empty entry. How do I tell it not to save the model forms that I don't edit? It doesn't happen this way in the admin, does it? -- You received this message because you are subscribed to t

Re: How to prevent model formset from saving the empty forms?

2011-08-09 Thread Joshua Russo
Ok, I figured out why, but I still don't know how to fix it. I set a dropdown to empty_label = None, which automatically selects the first element. I want that, but the form then thinks it has changed because the value in the list of initial values is empty for that field, and I can't see how

Re: How to prevent model formset from saving the empty forms?

2011-08-09 Thread Joshua Russo
Nm, I got it -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Django users" group. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msg/django-users/-/lYt3r0vdv4cJ. To post to this group, send email to django-users@googlegroups.com. To unsubscrib

Re: How to prevent model formset from saving the empty forms?

2011-08-09 Thread Joshua Russo
I just needed to retrieve the first pk value from the field's queryset in the init of the form and set the initial value there. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Django users" group. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/

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