Point 4 above is a little ambiguous: >4. Move the queries you've created to a view that renders results to >a template. If you start doing this by accepting GET parameters and >displaying the search results through the template, you can get the >query functionality working and test it by changing the URL before >creating the actual search form.
Can anyone help out? thanks in advance. Divesh On Jul 9, 1:58 pm, Divesh Gidwani <dagidw...@gmail.com> wrote: > Thanks so much for all the advice.. Yes, you are right, a lot of it > sounds like rubbish, and i'm just lost! Yes, I am going to finish up > the tutorial today, and read up on the documentation. > > Thanks so much for your help. I will surely keep you updated on how > things go! > > Much appreciated once again. > > -Divesh > > On Jul 9, 1:45 pm, Friðrik Már Jónsson <frid...@pyth.net> wrote: > > > > > HiDivesh, > > > > I have this model that I want to design on Django. I have already > > > created the mysql side of it, and the mysql database is ready. Also, i > > > have loaded mysqldb and i think it works. > > > It sounds like you've created something with MySQL and imported it to > > a database that's used by Django. This is not the same as creating > > actual models in your `models.py` file, which is required if you want > > to make use of Django's querying methods. > > > > (Species 1 & 2). And then you write a view, that will do the searching > > > according parameters (Tolerance, pagination, species 1&2) > > > > So I have to create something like the website above on Django. Was > > > just wondering if there was any easy way of doing this.. I don't fully > > > understand Django yet, and am not sure if have to make a form or > > > what? I'm really confused. > > > > Basically what I want to do is create that type of a site, with only > > > one species, and then have it such that when you click the radio > > > button next to one species, it shows you what that species corresponds > > > to in the mysql database. > > > You need to take this one step at a time. You seem to be mixing model > > creation (defining the data structure) with writing views and > > templates (the radio button, pagination, criteria). > > > 1. Design the model[1] to the specification that is your current > > MySQL schema. > > 2. Fill the model with some test data[2]. > > 3. Use the shell to try to retrieve the objects[3] according to the > > criteria you would get from your user through the view. > > 4. Move the queries you've created to a view that renders results to > > a template. If you start doing this by accepting GET parameters and > > displaying the search results through the template, you can get the > > query functionality working and test it by changing the URL before > > creating the actual search form. > > 5. Create the search form, probably using `django.forms`[4] and use > > a `ChoiceField(widget=RadioSelect, choices=...)`[5] to present the > > options to users. > > > If this is all sounding like nonsese to you, it probably means you > > should spend some time reading up on Django's excellent documentation, > > and if you haven't already, finish the tutorial. > > > Regards, > > Friðrik Már > > > [1]http://docs.djangoproject.com/en/dev/topics/db/models/ > > > > [2]http://docs.djangoproject.com/en/dev/topics/db/queries/#creating-objects > > > > [3]http://docs.djangoproject.com/en/dev/topics/db/queries/#retrieving-ob... > > [4]http://docs.djangoproject.com/en/dev/topics/forms/ > > > > [5]http://docs.djangoproject.com/en/dev/ref/forms/widgets/#django.forms.... --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Django users" group. To post to this group, send email to django-users@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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
