Thanks, that's a big help.
On Nov 1, 5:14 am, Daniel Roseman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
> On Nov 1, 5:33 am, killsto <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
>
>
> > I have a basic form that shows what a person entered when it is
> > submitted. However, it shows up as a form.CharField (textbox) instead
> > of model.CharField. Is there a way to access the model's saved data
> > from the Forms? Also does form_for_model (http://www.djangobook.com/en/
> > 1.0/chapter07/) no longer exist? I can't get it to load.
>
> <snip>
>
> > from qotd.models import *
> > from django.shortcuts import render_to_response
> > from django.http import HttpResponseRedirect
>
> > def contact(request, question):
> > if request.method == 'POST': # If the form has been submitted...
> > form = Questionform(request.POST) # A form bound to the POST
> > data
> > if form.is_valid():
> > form.save()
> > #return HttpResponseRedirect('results.html', {'form': form}
>
> > else:
> > form = Questionform()
> > return render_to_response('contact.html', {
> > 'form': form
> > })
>
> The only thing you need to do that you're not doing is to actually
> pass the instance of Question (or Choice) to the form when you
> instantiate it.
>
> Assuming that 'question' is the PK of the Question object:
>
> def contact(request, question):
> question_obj = Question.objects.get(pk=question)
> if request.method == 'POST':
> form = Questionform(request.POST, instance=question_obj)
> if form.is_valid():
> form.save()
> return HttpResponseRedirect('/submission/')
> else:
> form = Questionform(instance=question_obj)
> return render_to_response('contact.html', {
> 'form': form
> })
>
> Note that HttpResponseRedirect takes a *URL*, not a template/context.
> It tells the user's browser to request a different URL so that they
> can't submit the form twice.
> --
> DR.
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