All I had to do is to change initial=base_data to data=base_data and the
thing worked. is_valid() and is_bound now work.
Cheers,
-m
On 15 March 2012 12:20, Daniel Roseman <dan...@roseman.org.uk> wrote:
> On Wednesday, 14 March 2012 16:43:12 UTC-7, somecallitblues wrote:
>>
>> Thanks Daniel and Karen,
>>
>> Karen, I;'m not entirely sure what an unbound form is. :)
>>
>
> Then you must not have read the documentation[1], which goes into great
> detail about bound and unbound forms. That's pretty much a prerequisite
> before asking for help, I'm afraid.
>
>
>>
>> Anyway, this is my test code:
>>
>> def test_appointment_form(self):
>>
>> c = Client()
>>
>> base_data = {
>> 'name':'Foo name',
>> 'slug':'foo-session',
>> 'short_descr':'foo tagline',
>> 'long_descr':'long foo description',
>> 'staff':self.staff,
>> 'business':self.business,
>> 'start_date':'2012-07-24',
>> 'end_date':'2012-07-24',
>> }
>> self.form = AppointmentForm(business=self.**
>> business,staff=self.staff,**initial=base_data)
>>
>
> As that documentation points out, `initial` does not bind the form.
>
>
>> self.failUnless(self.form.is_**valid()) #<---- This fails
>>
>> print self.form.errors #<----This doesn't print anything
>>
>> response = c.post('/console/appointments/**add',
>> {'form':self.form})
>>
>
> Not the cause of your current problem, but this makes no sense: you can't
> POST a form object.
>
> [1]:
> https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/1.3/topics/forms/#using-a-form-in-a-view
>
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