On Saturday 03 Dec 2005 5:50 pm, Robert Wittams wrote: > Kenneth Gonsalves wrote: > > On Saturday 03 Dec 2005 4:48 pm, Robert Wittams wrote: > >>Kenneth Gonsalves wrote: > >>>hi, > >>>when using AddManipulator and returning the form for > >>> correcting errors, the select field does not get populated > >>> with the choice selected. I could do this manually, but does > >>> django have a way of doing it automatically? > >> > >>If using trunk, are you using flatten_data as directed in > >> > >>http://code.djangoproject.com/wiki/NewAdminChanges ? > > > > this only describes how to do it in ChangeManipulator - i used > > flatten_data in the AddManipulator like this: > > > > if request.POST: > > data = request.POST.copy() > > errors = manipulator.get_validation_errors(data) > > manipulator.do_html2python(data) > > data = manipulator.flatten_data() > > Erm...throwing away the data we got from the POST... > > > if not errors: > > > > enquiry = manipulator.save(data) > > return HttpResponseRedirect("/yyy/xxx/") > > > > but the select field still didnt get populated > > Why are you flattening the data again? You only do this once, > when extracting the data out of the object instance (or the > defaults). The data is already 'flat' when it comes out of a > POST. do_html2python gets it back into a form suitable for both > saving and populating form fields. > > What you are doing here is getting the default data out of the > manipulator again as far as I can tell.
ok - it works now thanks -- regards kg http://www.livejournal.com/users/lawgon tally ho! http://avsap.org.in ಇಂಡ್ಲಿನಕ್ಸ வாழ்க!
