Hello Lekan. I have responded inline but my answer might not be a complete fix.....
On May 5, 2016 4:56 PM, "Lekan Wahab" <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hello, > Please, i have a model form in forms.py which am trying to validate and update my database with. However, for some reason the form is not being validated. I have tried everything i could think of. It just reloads the page. > > views.py >> >> from django.shortcuts import render >> from information.forms import ContactForm >> from django.http import HttpResponse, HttpResponseRedirect >> >> >> def index(request): >> form_class = ContactForm >> if request.method == 'POST': >> form = form_class() The above line creates an empty form because you didn't supply anything as the data argument therefore the is_valid method will never return True. You need to instantiate it with your POST data. Try: form = form_class(request.POST) >> if form.is_valid(): >> ###Dummy text to check validation >> return HttpResponse('Done') >> return render(request, 'information/index.html', {'form': form_class}) >> {'form': form_class} form_class is not an object. Perhaps you meant {'form': form} >> >> def complete(request): >> return HttpResponse("Thank you for contacting us") > > > models.py > >> >> from crispy_forms.helper import FormHelper >> from django import forms >> from django.core.exceptions import ValidationError >> from django.forms import Form >> from information.models import Contact >> from crispy_forms.helper import FormHelper >> from crispy_forms.layout import Layout,Fieldset, HTML >> from crispy_forms.bootstrap import TabHolder,Tab >> >> >> class ContactForm(forms.ModelForm): >> helper = FormHelper() >> helper.form_tag = False >> def __init__(self): >> super(ContactForm, self).__init__() >> for key in self.fields: >> self.fields[key].required= False >> self.fields[key].label = False >> >> >> class Meta: >> fields = '__all__' >> model = Contact > > > Thank you. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Django users" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/django-users. > To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/django-users/CAE6v7oeD7Qb_%2BJrhiOzRTiDJ%3DqEPAY56B86nuxdZnrv2EP%2BrdQ%40mail.gmail.com . > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Django users" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/django-users. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/django-users/CA%2BWjgXMLEmHKdtAWBA%2BsO7zPD9XGAggUPVXsU5beqg%3Dwb2Ax5Q%40mail.gmail.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
