I can't change the database design. Even if I could, that would still mean I would have to define a model and a modelform for each table, no?
On Oct 20, 6:13 pm, srb...@gmail.com wrote: > Can you just break the table up into several tables connected with one-to-one > relations? Maybe look at the model forms you're using the most as a guide for > which fields to include in the new tables? > Sent from my Verizon Wireless BlackBerry > > -----Original Message----- > From: simonty <si...@auspayroll.com.au> > > Sender: django-users@googlegroups.com > Date: Tue, 19 Oct 2010 23:16:38 > To: Django users<django-users@googlegroups.com> > Reply-To: django-users@googlegroups.com > Subject: DRY forms > > Hello, > I have a database table with about 100 fields. > I have a number of forms with only a few fields in each form based on > the fields in the table. > If I create one massive django model to represent the table and a > number of modelforms based on > the django model, this becomes inefficent because every time I update > one of my small modelforms ( > which contain only a few fields), all fields in the table will get > updated. I can see this when I inspect the > sql query. > Alternatively I can create small django models and base my modelforms > on those but this isn't very DRY. > Its a alot of work. > Ideally, when I call save() on my modelform, I only want the fields on > my form to be updated. This makes sense because I am saving the > information in the form, not the entire model. > Could anyone make any suggestions for the above scenario? > Many thanks. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Django users" group. > To post to this group, send email to django-us...@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > django-users+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit this group > athttp://groups.google.com/group/django-users?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Django users" group. To post to this group, send email to django-us...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to django-users+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/django-users?hl=en.
