No problem.
Take a look at this as well:
http://code.google.com/appengine/articles/djangoforms.html
On Sep 25, 2:08 am, Peter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> That looks solid. I'll give it a go
>
> Thanks for helping a newbie!
> Pete
>
> On Sep 25, 6:04 am, iceanfire <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> > I'm no Django expert, but here's what I do.
> > Use 'exclude' to exclude stuff:
> > class Message Form(djangoforms.ModelForm):
> > class Meta:
> > model = Message
> > exclude = ['by', 'chat']
>
> > Then under the post method of the class that receives the submitted
> > data add:
>
> > data = RealgroupForm(data=self.request.POST)
> > if data.is_valid():
> > entity = data.save(commit=False)
> > entity.by = users.get_current_user()
> > entity.chat = .. you get the idea
> > entity.put()
> > self.redirect('/message?message="sent")
> > else:
> > self.redirect...data invalid
>
> > On Sep 24, 4:59 pm, Peter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> > > Hi folks,
> > > I'm trying to write a basic chat application.
>
> > > my models currently look like
>
> > > ***********
> > > # models.py
>
> > > from google.appengine.ext import db
>
> > > class Chat(db.Model):
> > > name = db.StringProperty
>
> > > class User(db.Model):
> > > name = db.StringProperty()
> > > ip = db.StringProperty()
>
> > > class Message(db.Model):
> > > chat = db.ReferenceProperty(Chat, required=True,
> > > collection_name='chat')
> > > by = db.ReferenceProperty(User, required=True,
> > > collection_name='by')
> > > date = db.DateTimeProperty(auto_now_add=True)
> > > message = db.StringProperty(multiline=True)
>
> > > from google.appengine.ext.db import djangoforms
> > > #from django import newforms as forms
>
> > > class MessageForm(djangoforms.ModelForm):
> > > class Meta:
> > > model = Message
>
> > > ***********
>
> > > What I want is to have the message itself submitted via the form,
> > > but to populate the 'by' and 'chat' parameters.
>
> > > I figure the form will submit some sort of chatId and userId. I'll
> > > need to map those across to User and Chat models. Add them to the
> > > Message model, and then I'm ready to save.
>
> > > How should I go about this?
>
> > > Cheers,
> > > Peter
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