Nevermind. I did not know about and eventually solved it with formsets.
Thanks.
On Sun, Jul 3, 2011 at 4:34 PM, AJ <brandmys...@gmail.com> wrote:
> I do realize that I need the number of elements so that I can loop over
> that many times...
>
>
> On Sun, Jul 3, 2011 at 4:30 PM, AJ <brandmys...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Hi Shawn,
>>
>> Thanks for your reply. To begin with, I am trying this with a small test
>> app.
>>
>> I have this so far. I tried with two textarea elements on a page and tried
>> to save them but I cannot figure out how to save two elements. Each element
>> list corresponds to one model instance or table row for Text model. So, I
>> need to have two save() in the view, correct?
>>
>> *Model*:
>>
>>
>> class Text (models.Model):
>> name = models.CharField(max_length=1000)
>> text = models.TextField()
>> created_datetime = models.DateTimeField(auto_now_add=True,
>> editable=False)
>> modified_datetime = models.DateTimeField(auto_now=True,
>> editable=False)
>> active = models.BooleanField(default=True)
>>
>> def __unicode__(self):
>> return self.name
>>
>> class TextForm (ModelForm):
>> class Meta:
>> model = Text
>> exclude = ('active','created_datetime', 'modified_datetime', )
>>
>>
>> *View:*
>>
>> def home(request):
>> user = request.user
>> if request.method == 'POST':
>> #Indvidual form value is accessible.
>> return HttpResponse(request.REQUEST['id_name_1'])
>>
>> #I realized this is the usual model way which I cannot use
>> """
>> text_form = TextForm(request.POST)
>> if text_form.is_valid():
>> text_form.save()
>> return render_to_response('home.html', {'user':user,})
>> else:
>> return HttpResponse("text for not valid")
>> """
>> else:
>> text_form = TextForm()
>> return render_to_response('home.html', {'text_form':text_form,})
>>
>>
>> *Form*:
>>
>> <form method="post" id="text_form" action=".">
>> {% csrf_token %}
>> <div class="form">
>> <div class="form_added">
>> <!-- element set 1 -->
>> <fieldset id="fieldset1">
>> <p>
>> <label for="id_name_1">Name:</label>
>> <input id="id_name_1" type="text" name="id_name_1"
>> maxlength="1000">
>> </p>
>> <p>
>> <label for="id_text_1">Text:</label>
>> <textarea id="id_text_1" rows="10" cols="40"
>> name="id_text_1"></textarea>
>> </p>
>> <p>
>> <label for="id_active_1">Active:</label>
>> <input checked="checked" type="checkbox"
>> name="id_active_1" id="id_active_1">
>> </p>
>> </fieldset>
>> </div>
>>
>> <div class="form_added">
>> <!-- element set 2 -->
>> <fieldset id="fieldset2">
>> <p>
>> <label for="id_name_2">Name:</label>
>> <input id="id_name_2" type="text" name="id_name_2"
>> maxlength="1000">
>> </p>
>> <p>
>> <label for="id_text_2">Text:</label>
>> <textarea id="id_text_2" rows="10" cols="40"
>> name="id_text_2"></textarea>
>> </p>
>> <p>
>> <label for="id_active_2">Active:</label>
>> <input checked="checked" type="checkbox"
>> name="id_active_2" id="id_active_2">
>> </p>
>> </fieldset>
>> </div>
>>
>> </div>
>> <p><input type="submit" value="Save folio"
>> id="text_form_submit"/></p>
>> </form>
>>
>>
>>
>> On Sun, Jul 3, 2011 at 1:40 PM, Shawn Milochik <sh...@milochik.com>wrote:
>>
>>> As long as, when you instantiate your Django forms.Form instance when the
>>> HTML form is posted, you create the fields passed in the form data and
>>> instantiate the fields to match you should be fine.
>>>
>>> Just go ahead and do it, and if you run into any snags post to the forum.
>>>
>>> Shawn
>>>
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