Re: modify db records without changing html

2010-03-24 Thread johnwlockwood
DG, what you describe is the AJAX approach. I'd use jQuery to help with this sort of thing. use jQuery.post() you would have to define a url to handle the post request and a view function to pass it to. from the view function, you could return an HttpResponse() with the confirmation bit of html or

Re: modify db records without changing html

2010-03-24 Thread Django Grappelli
Put another way, how do execute a django function that simply does something with the data in my database? It seems that views are the only way to do this but perhaps I'm missing something. Thanks in advance for all the help. Best, DG On Wed, Mar 24, 2010 at 6:26 PM, Django Grappelli < djang

Re: modify db records without changing html

2010-03-24 Thread Django Grappelli
Hi Guys, Thanks for your help. I was thinking of taking an AJAX approach, but wondered if there were a simpler way. Basically, I'd like to have the user click, e.g. a delete button. It would delete the selected record and display a small confirmation popup but I don't want to redirect to another

Re: modify db records without changing html

2010-03-24 Thread Omer Barlas
Daniel Roseman @ 24-03-2010 11:43: But what do you mean, 'without changing the HTML'? In order to run a view, the user must make a page request. That will result in new data I guess he is talking about AJAX. -- Omer Barlas omer.bar...@gmail.com -- You received this message because you are sub

Re: modify db records without changing html

2010-03-24 Thread Daniel Roseman
On Mar 24, 3:21 am, Django Grappelli wrote: > Hi Everyone, > Django noob here.  How do I write a view function that can modify > database records without changing the html on the screen?  Also, from > a best-practices standpoint, is there any reason I shouldn't be > attempting this? > Cheers, > DG

modify db records without changing html

2010-03-23 Thread Django Grappelli
Hi Everyone, Django noob here. How do I write a view function that can modify database records without changing the html on the screen? Also, from a best-practices standpoint, is there any reason I shouldn't be attempting this? Cheers, DG -- You received this message because you are subscribed