On Sun, Jun 15, 2008 at 7:58 AM, ./ed <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> the problem is that when i add an entry to the aModel table it does
> not update in the form (even with various reload scheme)
> it does update when I 'touch' the python file. So my guess is the
> problem lies in the 'compilation' chain or something like that.
Consider the following normal Python class:
import datetime
class BeforeAfterNoon(object):
time = datetime.datetime.now()
@classmethod
def before_noon(cls):
return cls.time.hour < 12
Now, suppose you import this class at 11:59, and call the
'before_noon()' method. It will return True.
Suppose you leave the Python interpreter running and don't reload
anything; at 12:01, 'before_noon()' will still return True.
This is because -- when Python parsed the class definition -- the
current date and time were assigned to the attribute 'time' in the
class, the same as if a constant value had been assigned, and it won't
change until something forces the class definition to be completely
reloaded, at which point it will update to a new value and stick
*there* instead.
Assigning choices to a field in a form works the same way; even if the
choices come from calling a function, it still happens only once --
when the class is first loaded.
This deals with the general case of what you're seeing. For the
specific case of dynamically pulling choices for a form field from a
QuerySet, you want to take a look at the documentation:
http://www.djangoproject.com/documentation/newforms/#fields-which-handle-relationships
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