Don't you need to specify a name for the select element? If you're
trying to get the selection with the key "value", I think you need to do:
<select name="value">
<option ...>
.
.
.
</select>
NRY
MattW wrote:
> Dear All,
>
> A newbie with Django, but seem to be doing with some basics so far, but
> seem to be a bit stuck on getting the values from a Drop Down menu.
>
> I have a method in my views.py file which starts:
>
> def ansQuestion(request):
> q = get_object_or_404(Question)
> answer = request.POST['value']
>
> and the template reads:
>
> <form action="ansQuestion" method="post">
> <select>
> <option value="A">A</option>
> <option value="B">B</option>
> <option value="C">C</option>
> <option value="D">D</option>
> <option value="E">E</option>
> </select>
>
> <input type="submit" value="Choose" />
> </form>
>
> When I run it, I get an error message about an empty MultiValuedDict
> ={}, which I think means I'm not getting a value back.
>
> Could anyone give me a pointer?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Matt
>
>
> >
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