On Jul 29, 9:17 pm, When ideas fail <andrewkenyon...@gmail.com> wrote:
> I've created a model form and I was wondering what the correct way to
> save this was. I've tried adapting the view from the standard django
> forms docs but maybe it should be different?
>
> This is what i have in my view (it says contact form but its a form
> that should save contacts in a db):
>
> class ContactForm(ModelForm):
> class Meta:
> model = Contact
>
> def contact_view(request):
> if request.method == 'Post':
> form = ContactForm(request.POST)
> if form.is_valid():
> contact= form.save()
> return HttpResponseRedirect('/thanks/')
> else: return HttpResponseRedirect('/error/')
>
> else:
> form = ContactForm()
> tags = Tag.objects.all()
> return render_to_response('Site/contact.html', locals(),
> context_instance=RequestContext(request))
>
> And my template is like this:
>
> <form method="POST">
> {{ form.as_p }}
> <input type="submit" value="Submit" />
>
> My understanding is that with this setup it should go to thanks/ if
> the form is valid and error/ if it is not and it doesn't do either,
> and it doesn't save or come back with any errors either . could
> someone help me please?
>
> Thanks
There are two problems, but the main one is in the first line of your
view. request.method == 'Post' will *never* be true, because the
method (as in shown in your template) is all upper case.
request.method == 'POST' should work.
Secondly, don't redirect to /error/. Drop that else clause altogether,
and let the view fall through to the final render_to_response. This
will redisplay the form with any errors.
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