Hi Em -
Thanks for that... i think it's helping me understand. I've got the form to
where it submits now and it makes sense. Now i just have to figure out how
to do something with the form.
until later
Thanks again!
BR
On Thu, Jun 5, 2008 at 12:12 PM, Emily Rodgers <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
> ah. Right we need to see the view func then ;) as_table is a method of a
> form class. You need to call it on an instance of the form object.
>
> def myFormFunc(request):
> title = 'This is My Form'
> if request.method == 'POST':
> foo = MyForm(request.POST) # foo is now an instance of MyForm
> populated by the post data
> if foo.is_valid():
> foo.save()
> return HttpResponseRedirect('/yourpath/')
> else:
> foo = MyForm() # foo is now an instance of MyForm
> return render_to_response('template.html', {'foo': foo, 'title':
> title})
>
>
> then in your template you can put
> <table>
> {{ foo.as_table }}
> </table>
> does this make it clearer where foo/form comes from? It is just the
> variable name you define in the context (the dict that is the second
> parameter for the render_to_response function)
>
>
> What I did (when it was only displaying my submit button and no form) was
> forget to put () on MyForm().
>
> Hope this helps.
>
> Em
>
> PS if you need to add some (but not all) fields of a model to a form, and
> then do some data munging to fill in some of the other required fields, do
> shout if you get stuck - this took me a while to figure out!!
>
> ------------------------------
> *From:* django-users@googlegroups.com [mailto:
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] *On Behalf Of *chris hendrix
> *Sent:* 05 June 2008 16:59
> *To:* django-users@googlegroups.com
> *Subject:* Re: forms - WTF
>
> Hi Em -
>
> I'm taking baby steps at the moment and simply don't understand how the
> form.as_table works... ie when i put that in the template (see my template
> below), how does it know which form to show?
>
>
>
> BR
>
> On Thu, Jun 5, 2008 at 11:50 AM, Emily Rodgers <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> wrote:
>
>>
>> Hi,
>>
>> It seems familiar to an issue I had last week.
>>
>> Can we see the function in your views file? I am guessing that you need
>> to instantiate your ziplookup object or something (I think this is what
>> I did wrong). Try changing {{ form.as_table }} to {{ form }}, just to
>> see what it prints...
>>
>> I could be worng (I taught myself to code so have plenty of bad
>> habits!!), but I think the convention when defining classes is to use
>> CamelCase: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CamelCase for the class name -
>> it helps to differentiate between function calls and object
>> instantiations when reading your code.
>>
>> Em :)
>>
>> PS python rocks.
>>
>> > -----Original Message-----
>> > From: django-users@googlegroups.com
>> > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Bobby Roberts
>> > Sent: 05 June 2008 16:36
>> > To: Django users
>> > Subject: forms - WTF
>> >
>> >
>> > hey -
>> >
>> > I'm new to Django so bear with me and thank you in advance
>> > for any help you can lend. I can't seem to get my hands
>> > around the model/form/ view/template thing. I LOVE the idea
>> > but you have to understand i'm a MS ASP programmer who is
>> > switching over to python.
>> >
>> > Now with that being said here is my understanding in a nutshell:
>> >
>> > 1. models - show the db table structure which is used by the views.
>> >
>> > 2. templates - allow you to separate html and code - at
>> > least for the most part
>> >
>> > 3. views - contain the functions which interact with the
>> > models and templates to perform some sort of interaction.
>> >
>> > 4. forms - allow data to be input into the website etc....
>> >
>> > I understand the basics but can't for the life of me figure
>> > out how to make it all work together in a land of joy and
>> > joyness (ie Charlie the Unicorn vid)
>> >
>> > I'm building a UPS rate lookup service. I am including my
>> > template and form below.
>> >
>> > when i visit the page below, only the input button shows...
>> > no other form elements
>> >
>> >
>> > [template.html]
>> >
>> > {% extends "ups_rates/ups_lookup_base.html" %} {% load i18n %}
>> >
>> > {% block content %}
>> > <div class="ups_rate_lookup_back"></div>
>> > <div class="ups_rate_lookup_header">
>> > <span id="upsheader">{% trans "Estimate UPS Shipping
>> > Rates" %}</
>> > span><br />
>> > <div class="upsqueryblock">
>> > <form method="post" action=".">
>> > <table>
>> > {{ form.as_table }}
>> > </table>
>> > <input type="submit" name="submit" value="Get Estimate*">
>> > </form>
>> > </div>
>> > </div>
>> >
>> > <div class="upsratedata">
>> > this is a place holder for my rates table
>> > </div>
>> >
>> >
>> > <div class="upsdisclaimerbase"></div>
>> > <div class="upsdisclaimer">
>> > {% trans "* UPS rates presented on this page are
>> > estimates only based solely on the provided zip-code and not
>> > your full shipping address. Your final shipping rates will
>> > be displayed on the payment page when you submit your credit
>> > card information." %}
>> > </div>
>> > <div class="upscloser"><form><input type=button
>> > value="Close Window" onClick="myPopup()"></form></div> {% endblock %}
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > [forms.py]
>> >
>> > from django import newforms as forms
>> > class ziplookup(forms.Form):
>> > zipcode=forms.CharField(max_length=15, required=True,
>> > help_text='Please enter your zipcode')
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > Is there anyone out there who can take me to Candy Mountain
>> > (another Charlie the Unicorn reference)
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > >
>> >
>>
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