On Tue, Jan 7, 2014 at 1:41 AM, Adam Witney <awit...@sgul.ac.uk> wrote:
> [% user_time( foo.event_start, '_DT_TIMESTAMP_WITH_ZONE' ) | html %]
>
> Hi Bill,
>
> Thanks for your email. I agree that the template seems like a good place
> for this, but to give a little extra detail.
>
> I have a form that is used for both object create and editing. When I edit
> an object I have this in my controller:
>
> $c->stash(formdata => $object);
>
> and in the template:
>
> <input name="datefield" type="text" value="[% formdata.datefield.dmy('/')
> %]" />
>
> But when creating a new object, if the form validation fails I pass the
> form data back to the form like so:
>
> $c->stash( formdata => $c->request->params );
>
Have you looked at HTML::FormHandler? I would assume it addresses this.
I use something similar and the concept is that you have a field object
that knows how to render either from the existing object or from user
provided input.
--
Bill Moseley
mose...@hank.org
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