So then when using a form do I code it something like this then:
return render_to_response('contact.html', {
'form': form,
my_data_dictionary,
context_instance=RequestContext(request))
})
I ask because it's confusing me when using a form for how to code the
form reference while still including the dictionary and context
references. The dictionary reference almost seems redundant since when
I go to create my form and assign it the name form I use the data
dictionary in the constructor of my form. Please clarify.
On Jan 7, 9:27 am, Daniel Roseman <dan...@roseman.org.uk> wrote:
> On Friday, January 7, 2011 3:15:33 PM UTC, hank23 wrote:
>
> > In the topics forms documentation there's an example of using a form
> > in a view which shows a return statement using a render_to_respone
> > shortcut like this:
>
> > return render_to_response('contact.html', {
> > 'form': form,
> > })
>
> > but in the shortcuts documentation it shows an example of using
> > render_to_response not using forms and coded like this:
>
> > return render_to_response('my_template.html',
> > my_data_dictionary,
>
> > context_instance=RequestContect(request))
>
> > So if I want to use a form when coding a view how do I merge or
> > reconcile these two different examples so that my render_to_repsonse
> > will work properly? Please advise. Thanks.
>
> These are not substantially different, and the minor differences have
> nothing to do with forms. The only difference is that one is using the
> additional context_instance argument, for which see
> here:http://docs.djangoproject.com/en/1.2/ref/templates/api/#subclassing-c...
> but as I say, this has nothing to do with forms. Apart from using a literal
> dictionary instead of a variable containing a dictionary, there is no other
> difference between the two examples.
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